Tag Archives: Twitter
Crowdsourcing, crowdworking: the future of work?
NaBloPoMo Blog 2 In July of this year whilst engaging with the HR/OD Twitter community I noticed a Tweet from @dds180 (David D’Souza) about crowdsourcing a Book of Blogs and a call for contributors. Having never been involved in such … Continue reading
Taking up the NaBoPoMo challenge
Blog 1 I have decided to take up the National Blog Posting Month Challenge to post a blog every day for the entire month of November. There are no themes, rules or word count. I am already 3 blog posts … Continue reading
Coaches Connect reflections: Strengths
Today’s reflections from CoachesConnect which took place last Friday in Leeds, comes from Susan Ritchie, coach, trainer blogger, writer…at You Time Coach and can be found on Twitter @susanjritchie This year saw me attending Coaches Connect again – a great … Continue reading
Life can be like a bowl of spaghetti: Making sense of midlife
It has been 6 weeks since my last blog post. I have had so much that I wanted to write about and whilst have mulled them over in my head have not managed to put fingers onto the keyboard. I … Continue reading
I get knocked down, but I get up again
How do you get through a meeting when everything that you say is met with opposition? This was the situation facing me last Friday. Later on this year, the community project that I am leading is putting on an ambitious … Continue reading
What stories are you telling ?
On the evening on the 21st December, the travelling crib came to our house. The crib begins its journey on the 1st of December travelling to a different family’s home each night before returning to church on the evening of … Continue reading
Should the young be taught leadership?
I was heartened to read Jack Zenger’s HBR article ‘We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders’ as it echoes much of my own perspectives and beliefs. I shared these in my blog ‘Everyday leadership’ where I posed a few … Continue reading
Everyday leadership. What does it mean to you?
I first ventured into the world of leadership back in the early 90’s. I didn’t know it as ‘leadership’ then. I landed a role which was a step up in my career and it soon became apparent that my principles, values and professional … Continue reading
Don’t leave your career to fate: 3 questions for working mums to ask
‘I can’t believe that they have put her in charge of the team. I’ve been here 7 years, worked my socks off and they go and bring in someone from the outside!’ grumbled Susan, as she shifted agitatedly in her … Continue reading
Will the real Mrs W please stand up? Banishing The Impostor in the room
Earlier this week I was working down in London and took the opportunity to catch up with a friend. I inquired how her morning had been as she did not seem her usual bouncy self. She responded that she has … Continue reading
