I had a great conversation with Sally Evans, Organisational Psychologist in episode 2 of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast, all about self-aware leadership. Self aware leadership with Alison Smith Here are my Top Takeaways: Power shift: in recent years, and...
I was delighted that Sarah Metcalfe could join me as the very first guest on my podcast. If you haven't already, you can listen to the episode here: Here are my Top Takeaways from our conversation… Giving Feedback: When you give feedback you should always consider how...
When you are tasked with leading a room it’s as much your role to listen to what is being said as to what isn’t being said. The things that people aren’t saying can often be that very important missing piece of the jigsaw that allows understanding to happen. That...
It’s the end of my first week in my new role. I know. A whole week!!!! So, what are my reflections? Induction: I’ve been onboarded and involved in onboarding others into news roles for over 20 years. This induction has been the best. Why? It’s focused on how we do...
I love sharing knowledge and information for the furtherance of learning and innovation! You share with someone and they share with you. You debate and discuss. You laugh and you cry. You might even argue a bit. Then all of a sudden the little idea you both came with...
It’s Friday and I’m feeling in reflective mood because I’ve realised 3 very important things: Sharing learning is important. As you climb the career ladder your experiences, good or bad, shape what you do and how you do it. To be in a role that allows you to draw from...
I had a thought….. Going to work is tiring. I don’t mean in a burnout kind of way, I mean more in a fitness kind of way. We all recognise that we spent two years walking no further than the circumference of our house five or six times a day, with the odd dog walk here...
What a weekend it’s been!! House move weekend…. It always seems a good idea at the time, right!?! We experienced two examples of leadership: The supervisor of Trunk Logistics was just brilliant. He was happy to help carry furniture with his team, was quick to step in...
Today I say goodbye to my amazing, supportive and clever colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care. Its been a great experience and I’ve grown a lot. Here are my reflections and some things I’ve learnt… The language is different. The Civil Service (CS)...
I’ve been talking to a few people about their career plans and thoughts about where they go next, and I realised, I might not have told you about an exercise I did last year that really opened my eyes and switched on a lightbulb. I worked with the brilliant Mike...