#MonthNotes — Hi, these are my MonthNotes — reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? Feedback on a product development training workshop which I’d organised was super positive. A team exercise I ran to help onboard a new team member. …

Why I put things off — There are a couple of things I’ve been putting off for a while. And whilst I’d been curious and unsure why, I’d never really stopped and asked myself why it was that I was putting them off. Instead, I’d fobbed myself off and deceived myself with the answer that I…

A simple team exercise to help them quickly feel like part of the team — A colleague — I’ll call them Jo — has just joined one of my teams at work, and I’m writing this post to share an exercise I ran with the team to help Jo quickly feel like part of the team. The exercise doesn’t touch the practical side of onboarding—…

Tools for meditation practice — Sometimes I write about what I’ve found most valuable from a book I’ve read or a training course I’ve done, in order to help me reflect, try to understand better what I’ve read/learnt, remember and share the key points, and so I can easily refer to these points later. …

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — my reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? The kick of a new community of practice at work, which I’m a part of. After kicking off a couple of communities myself last…

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — my reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions to help me reflect. 1. What went well? An interview I did discussing the importance of psychological safety in the workplace with Bill Raymond came out on the Agile in Action podcast…

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — my reflective notes looking back over the past month. 1. What went well? My team’s quarterly face-to-face meeting, in London Two ‘reflection sessions’ I did with people I’m coaching, where we check in on how the coaching is going from their perspective and check whether there are things…

Coaching Questions (Theme #1) — I’m training to become an accredited coach. As I do more coaching, I find people wanting to explore big questions (eg relating to their career). To help people in their explorations, I have found it helpful to break down these big questions and to come at them from different angles. …

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — my practice of writing reflective notes looking back over the past month. 1. What went well? Health’sevier week: As last October, the company where I work (Elsevier) marked World Mental Health Day with a wide range of sessions, run over a week by our awesome MindLife Champions, covering…