by Dr Sharon | Sep 21, 2026 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Neuroscience, Workplace Wellbeing
We invest in smart people. But are we protecting their cognitive capacity. I spend a great deal of my working week with leaders and teams. And one thing I am noticing more and more is just how cognitively overloaded people have become. People are exhausted....
by Dr Sharon | Aug 14, 2026 | Change management, Leadership, Leadership Development, Neuroscience, Workplace Culture
Why senior leadership modelling is the most powerful – and most underestimated – force in cultural transformation. a There is a question I ask in many interventions I run. I sometimes ask it directly, other times more subtly once the room has started to drop its...
by Dr Sharon | Jul 27, 2026 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict Management, Leadership Development, Neuroscience, Psychological Safety
Why avoiding it costs more than you think – and what neuroscience says about how to have it well. I have sat with hundreds of leaders in coaching sessions. And if there is one pattern that shows up more consistently than any other, it is this. The conversation...
by Dr Sharon | Jul 12, 2026 | Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leadership Development, Neuroscience, Psychological Safety, Relationships (Self and Others), Workplace Culture
The neuroscience of trust – and why rebuilding it starts with you. I have been sitting with a question that is surfacing more than ever in my conversations with leaders this year. Not in a theoretical way. In a deeply personal, almost confessional way. It comes...
by Dr Sharon | Jun 10, 2026 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Neuroscience, Resilience, Wellbeing
Many are carrying invisible loads – psychological safety has never mattered more. a Some months ask more of you than others. I’ve had several of those months – and I want to share why, because I think it matters beyond my own story. Some months ask more of you than...
by Dr Sharon | May 29, 2026 | Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Growth Mindset, Leadership, Leadership Development, Mentoring, Neuroscience, Personal Development, Wellbeing
It’s not what you know – it’s knowing how you think. a My daughter Mila turns 8 today. And in the middle of the birthday chaos this past week – cake, cousins and lots of questions about presents – she said something that stopped me in my tracks....
