Creating Confident Leaders & Coaches

One of the biggest traps a leader can fall into is losing focus.   I have written before about the importance of clarity and purpose and how important it is for leaders to have a sense of purpose, articulate that clearly and engage their followers with that purpose.

However, the trick is that you n...

Volatile situations all around the world at present, remind us that crises can hit at any time and leaders need to be prepared.   At some point, some form of crisis is bound to hit most leaders.

Crises come in many forms …………..

• A cyber attack
• An incident which sparks accusations of racism or
...

Happy September everyone, I hope you are gearing up for the 2^nd“New Year” of the year and feeling ready to give your all to the last quarter of 2019.

I wanted to look today at one of the trickiest challenges in terms of our confidence.  REJECTION……………  It’s a tough topic and a tough thing to experi...

Hello everyone and I hope you have had a great summer (not over yet)!!

We took some time out in beautiful Cumbria to rest and recharge, its one of our favourite places on earth, a true soul place – so feeling refreshed now and ready to head into an exciting fall, doing more great stuff with all of ...

This week I have been thinking a lot about the type of support that leaders need to help build and maintain their confidence and I wanted to talk about the power of masterminding.

What do I mean by masterminding?

I mean finding a group of fellow leaders who share similar ambitions to you, are will...

A few weeks ago I gave you some of my top tips for developing self belief, the foundation of confident leadership and one of those tips was to stop trying to take responsibility for everything and feeling guilty you can’t solve every problem…….

To remind you, I spoke about being clear about your le...

We all have one – that little voice that says:-

“You can’t do this, you don’t know enough, you are not smart enough, you don’t deserve it, you will fail, fail, fail……………….”.  Its natural, its part of being human and sometimes it serves a useful purpose by making us question our assumptions and thin...

This week we are off to see the marvellous Carrie Underwood at Manchester Arena, she is one of Richards’ and my favourite singers of all time, so we are super excited.

Thinking about seeing Carrie also got me thinking about getting out of your comfort zone and how important that is for confidence...

I am all about helping leaders to develop a strong sense of self belief and confidence in order to perform at their best, however, I wanted to say something about a question I often get asked………

Q – Surely its not just about confidence, but about ability – isn’t over confidence without ability a li...

In last weeks blog I talked about being clear about your purpose as one of the top tips for building leadership confidence and self belief. 

So, why is purpose so important for leadership confidence?

Purpose provides focus and drive, it provides motivation and it provides inspiration.   Those are ...