Sabotaging Success
New Year is an interesting time if you are a researcher with an interest in disappointment. All around me, I see people creating New Year’s resolution lists – many of those people know in their hearts...
View ArticleSabotage – loving and leaving your inner critic
The following is the short paper I prepared for the Irish Business Women’s Conference in Mayo last week called “Anyone for Pizza?”. As it turned out the paper wasn’t presented because I offered the...
View ArticleThe Problem is the Solution
Every problem is a solution to a set of circumstances – so you could say that the problem is both the problem and the solution. One of the things I try to do with clients is help them “appreciate” the...
View ArticleThe Shadow part 2
Part two of my conversation on the shadow side of organisations with Johnnie Moore and Matt Moore has now been posted by Johnnie – you can download it or listen to it here. Johnnie has also complied...
View ArticleDeath of Eileen Flynn
I was saddened to read of the death of Wexford teacher Eileen Flynn. In 1982 Flynn was sacked from her job as an English and History teacher at the Holy Faith Convent in New Ross, Co Wexford because at...
View ArticleIt’s always personal…
Some people who are ambitious and want your job will never say they are ambitious and want your job. They will say your hair looks nice today. And then when she has become your boss and you ask for a...
View ArticleEveryone I know is scared…
And a view from neuroscience on the Current Economic Climate Everyone I know is scared. Workers’ fear has generalized to their workplace and everything associated with work and money. We are caught in...
View ArticleMeet your inner Saboteur
DO ANY OF THESE SOUND FAMILIAR? You’ve a business idea that’s been cooking away in your head for years..you have an opportunity to make it happen but can’t seem to take the leap…it just doesn’t seem to...
View ArticleWhen hiring the wrong consultant is the right idea
Ever wondered why hiring the wrong consultant is very often the right decision for organisations? There may come a point when you know that the task you’ve been hired to do or facilitate simply isn’t...
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