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Read Lisa’s blog posts, written to help you simplify, grow and enjoy your business.
What support do you have around you?
This week I've been focused on support networks - mine and also those of my clients. What and who we need around us to make us more successful. I've been reflecting on how we build and sustain those networks and how we find out what really works for us. What makes you...
How that plan coming?
This week I've been working with several clients on planning for growth. What to prioritise, who to hire and how to manage their time and keep sane through the process! I've been reflecting on how we plan, prioritise and use our time to meet our goals. How do you...
Feeling the pressure?
This week I've seen several emails and social media posts telling me the year is racing by, that we've used up 10% of it already! So I've been reflecting on how we set goals for ourselves and how we determine the pace at which we move. Whose version of success are YOU...
Slow down to speed up
This week I've been reflecting on the pace of life. Many of us are juggling family with business, home schooling with caring or volunteering, and life just keeps getting busier. But if we're honest with ourselves, is being busy a chore or more of a badge of honour?...
What are you avoiding?
This week I've been reflecting on avoidance. What strategies do you use to avoid the tasks you don't want to do, the topics you don't want to think about, the conversations you don't want to have? "You cannot find peace by avoiding life." Nicole Kidman playing...
Doing things your way in 2021
This week I've been reflecting on authenticity. What does it mean to do things 'your way' and what's the cost of not doing so? "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." Janice Joplin Several times this week clients have talked about doing things 'their...
What’s 2021 going to be for you?
This week I've been making a plan and putting my routines and rhythms in place for the year ahead. "We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are." Max Dupree Planning for the year ahead:- 🌟 What does success look like for you? 🌟 How will you...
What did you learn from 2020?
This week many of us have been reflecting on last year. What we learned, what we want to leave behind and what we choose to bring into this new year. "Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will." Vernon Howard My key learnings from...
Managing the modern team – how to avoid turning into a control freak!
Were you one of those managers who didn’t let your people work at home? Because you didn’t think you could trust them? Because you believed people were less productive or would take the mick without your beady eye on them!? Finding and keeping good people has always...
May you live in interesting times
There is an old Chinese curse - “May you live in interesting times”. With Brexit, oil wars and now the coronavirus Covid-19, it feels strikingly relevant today. Having worked in change roles for many years, responsible for multiple restructuring, implementation and...
Is Imposter Syndrome a female problem?
When I was invited to be on the panel of the RegTech Women’s Leap of Faith event hosted by the FCA, my first reaction was to ask ‘Why me?’ The panel was made up of senior female leaders from the FCA and yours truly. I was asked to talk about confronting Impostor...
My book: a few weeks to write, two years to edit
I must confess that I was a tad complacent when it came to writing my book. The writing part was easy – the words flowed and I found that I had a lot to say! Before I knew it, I’d amassed 40,000 words and I was confident that I was well on my way. The ideal approach...
How I avoid burnout
Burnout is a bit of a loaded word these days – overused and some might say, overly dramatic. But I’m using it today because I believe that it’s much more common than most of us are willing to admit. And I’m using it because I can now see how close I’ve been to burning...
Asking for help
Today I’m going to do something that I find really hard – ask for help. Yesterday was my birthday – thank you for all your lovely messages and wishes, cards, flowers etc. It wasn’t a big birthday but it was an important one for me, because as a small child I decided...
What a year it’s been!
2017 has been an interesting one – full of twists and turns, ups and downs. It started off pretty badly. My husband and I had spent the previous two years developing a great concept and some awesome tech, but a combination of Brexit and a sale falling through left us...
Why I love London
Today I have been reflecting about what I love about London. I grew up in a small village, surrounded by green fields and London was always the ‘big smoke’ – a big, chaotic place, full of hussle and bussle, somewhere exhausting and far away. When I started working, I...
Feel the fear
My stomach was churning, my heart was thumping and I had this voice in my head asking me in a pretty scathing tone – what the *beep* I thought I was doing. Agreeing to jump out of an airplane for charity is not the craziest thing I have ever done in my life (after all...
What support do you have around you?
This week I've been focused on support networks - mine and also those of my clients. What and who we need around us to make us more successful. I've been reflecting on how we build and sustain those networks and how we find out what really works for us. What makes you...
How that plan coming?
This week I've been working with several clients on planning for growth. What to prioritise, who to hire and how to manage their time and keep sane through the process! I've been reflecting on how we plan, prioritise and use our time to meet our goals. How do you...
Feeling the pressure?
This week I've seen several emails and social media posts telling me the year is racing by, that we've used up 10% of it already! So I've been reflecting on how we set goals for ourselves and how we determine the pace at which we move. Whose version of success are YOU...
Slow down to speed up
This week I've been reflecting on the pace of life. Many of us are juggling family with business, home schooling with caring or volunteering, and life just keeps getting busier. But if we're honest with ourselves, is being busy a chore or more of a badge of honour?...
What are you avoiding?
This week I've been reflecting on avoidance. What strategies do you use to avoid the tasks you don't want to do, the topics you don't want to think about, the conversations you don't want to have? "You cannot find peace by avoiding life." Nicole Kidman playing...
Doing things your way in 2021
This week I've been reflecting on authenticity. What does it mean to do things 'your way' and what's the cost of not doing so? "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." Janice Joplin Several times this week clients have talked about doing things 'their...
What’s 2021 going to be for you?
This week I've been making a plan and putting my routines and rhythms in place for the year ahead. "We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are." Max Dupree Planning for the year ahead:- 🌟 What does success look like for you? 🌟 How will you...
What did you learn from 2020?
This week many of us have been reflecting on last year. What we learned, what we want to leave behind and what we choose to bring into this new year. "Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will." Vernon Howard My key learnings from...
Managing the modern team – how to avoid turning into a control freak!
Were you one of those managers who didn’t let your people work at home? Because you didn’t think you could trust them? Because you believed people were less productive or would take the mick without your beady eye on them!? Finding and keeping good people has always...
May you live in interesting times
There is an old Chinese curse - “May you live in interesting times”. With Brexit, oil wars and now the coronavirus Covid-19, it feels strikingly relevant today. Having worked in change roles for many years, responsible for multiple restructuring, implementation and...
Is Imposter Syndrome a female problem?
When I was invited to be on the panel of the RegTech Women’s Leap of Faith event hosted by the FCA, my first reaction was to ask ‘Why me?’ The panel was made up of senior female leaders from the FCA and yours truly. I was asked to talk about confronting Impostor...
My book: a few weeks to write, two years to edit
I must confess that I was a tad complacent when it came to writing my book. The writing part was easy – the words flowed and I found that I had a lot to say! Before I knew it, I’d amassed 40,000 words and I was confident that I was well on my way. The ideal approach...
How I avoid burnout
Burnout is a bit of a loaded word these days – overused and some might say, overly dramatic. But I’m using it today because I believe that it’s much more common than most of us are willing to admit. And I’m using it because I can now see how close I’ve been to burning...
Asking for help
Today I’m going to do something that I find really hard – ask for help. Yesterday was my birthday – thank you for all your lovely messages and wishes, cards, flowers etc. It wasn’t a big birthday but it was an important one for me, because as a small child I decided...
What a year it’s been!
2017 has been an interesting one – full of twists and turns, ups and downs. It started off pretty badly. My husband and I had spent the previous two years developing a great concept and some awesome tech, but a combination of Brexit and a sale falling through left us...
Why I love London
Today I have been reflecting about what I love about London. I grew up in a small village, surrounded by green fields and London was always the ‘big smoke’ – a big, chaotic place, full of hussle and bussle, somewhere exhausting and far away. When I started working, I...
Feel the fear
My stomach was churning, my heart was thumping and I had this voice in my head asking me in a pretty scathing tone – what the *beep* I thought I was doing. Agreeing to jump out of an airplane for charity is not the craziest thing I have ever done in my life (after all...