High performance shouldn’t cost you your people. But are managers equipped to support employee wellbeing? An old boss of mine once said something to me that has stayed with me ever since. “You’re not your normal effervescent self.” It was a simple observation, but it opened up a really useful conversation about the stress I
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As we move into the final quarter of the year, the pressure is building for many organisations. There are targets to meet, projects to deliver, budgets to finalise and plans for the year ahead to put in place. For leaders and their teams, it can be one of the most demanding periods of the year.
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I’m preparing for a keynote at the CXO Summit, and with just 25 minutes on stage, I’ve been thinking carefully about which part of the Cadence Approach will be most valuable to the C-suite leaders in the room. I’ve decided to focus on Prepare. As we head into the final quarter of the year, many
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I’ve had a big week. There have been some brilliant presentations, a global broadcast, the Business Book Awards, where Sustain came close, but no cigar, and plenty of conversations with people along the way. And one idea has come up repeatedly. When I’ve spoken to delegates after keynotes, or explained a little more about the
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This week I am exploring what I think is the missing piece in workplace wellbeing. Inspired by a number of conversations I have had recently with organisations, and the same topic has come up time and again. That is Agency. On briefing calls, leaders are telling me they want their people to feel more ownership
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The third phase of the Cadence Approach is ‘Perform’, which is all about respecting the red flags of stress and burnout. Cadence is a simple, four-step approach to managing energy that works. Predict is all about identifying the big events or ‘Wimbledon’s ‘, as I call them, coming up for you – both professionally and
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It is World Wellbeing Week 2026, which is a useful opportunity to reflect on what workplace wellbeing really looks like in practice. This year I’m giving you a different take on things: Are we giving people permission to look after their wellbeing? It’s all about how we show up, what we role model, and the
I had a really interesting conversation recently about resilience, stress and responsibility. More specifically, we were talking about the role of the employer and the role of the employee when it comes to sustaining resilience at work. It raised a useful question: Whose responsibility is workplace resilience? Is it the employer’s responsibility to create the
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Mental Health Awareness Week is a useful opportunity to talk about some of the warning signs that can appear when our mental health, energy or resilience needs more attention. In this final piece in the series, I want to focus on stress. Stress is a signal, so in the theme of this series, let’s look
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With Mental Health Awareness Week taking place last week, it feels like a good opportunity to talk about some of the warning signs that can show up when our mental health might be coming under pressure. This week, I am talking about feeling flat. Not sad, not depressed… just flat. Last week, I talked about
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