by Dr Sharon | Feb 26, 2024 | Achieve Goals, Change management, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
Just show up, as you are. You don’t have to look or feel great. You don’t have to be prepared for each challenge or know all the ‘how’s’ of every situation. You don’t have to be fearless, or have all the answers, or be 100% ready. Nobody is any...
by Dr Sharon | Jan 29, 2024 | Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Personal Development, Relationships (Self and Others)
Psychological safety is as important as physical safety, yet many leaders, teams and individuals still don’t take it seriously enough. I think this is a multifaceted problem and persists for a few reasons: 1) A lack of understanding of the threat response, 2) Not...
by Dr Sharon | Jan 17, 2024 | Change management, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Personal Development, Relationships (Self and Others)
In December, we made it through one of the most traumatic weeks of our lives, it taught us so much that I wish I had been doing before. It made me realise that we had not been prioritising our safety, even though I thought we were. So, I want to share what happened...
by Dr Sharon | Nov 7, 2023 | Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Personal Development
After the remarkable victory of the Springboks, a wave of stories, articles and videos have inundated the media, focusing on Siya Kolisi and Rassie Erasmus and the profound implications of this triumph for South Africa. Rassie’s emotional and heartfelt return at...
by Dr Sharon | Aug 15, 2023 | Achieve Goals, Coaching, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Learning, Personal Development, Relationship Building
In my last article, I spoke about spotting toxic positivity. Toxic positivity is the tendency to suppress or deny what are perceived as negative emotions and only focus on positive thinking, often leading to invalidating or dismissing genuine feelings. Now let’s work...
by Dr Sharon | Jun 21, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development, Relationships (Self and Others), Speaker
After the picture that’s been painted the past two weeks, I’m sure it’s become clear that a culture of silence can be more than just a little unhealthy… It can be deadly, especially for employee morale. Lack of clear expectations and closed communication underpin a...
