by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | May 3, 2022 | Thoughts
We have all been in meetings where biases are present. We have all, I am sure, experienced the uncomfortable feelings that it stirs in us and for many of us have played the ‘could have, would have, should have’ game in our heads after the event. Berating ourselves at...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | May 2, 2022 | Thoughts
In 2019 the World Health organisation defined burnout as a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. They characterised the three main dimensions of this as: feelings of energy depletion or...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Apr 25, 2022 | Thoughts
The Inner Critic, we all have one, it’s written about ad finitum. There are whole books, zillions of articles, oodles of podcasts on this topic. Are you managing yours any better? I sincerely hope so with all that information that is out there. But let me offer...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Apr 25, 2022 | Thoughts
There is so much talk of leadership resilience these days, of stoicism and carrying on, what’s happened to a good old-fashioned complaint? With stress for working parents at an all-time high I think it is time to have bolder conversations, particularly if your...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Apr 18, 2022 | Thoughts
I wonder what your automatic response to this headline is? “I hope not” Is the most common response I get from working parents. They look back at the ‘old days’ of pre pandemic life, of the commutes and the lack of flexibility and truly do not know how they did it....
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Apr 18, 2022 | Thoughts
In McKinsey’s annual report on women in the workplace they pose this very question. If women are setting a new standard for leadership, we will explore whether they are receiving acknowledgment for it. Whilst the report is US based and was taken 18 months into...
