• When thrown into chaos and not excelling in the personal wellness area, notice the positive and make the big picture smaller, offers Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Hi, my name is X. I come from Y. I work as Z”. How quickly we identify ourselves by our work […]

  • Workplace empowerment is a journey, not an entitlement, reminds Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Empowerment is a lovely concept that seems to be losing its way. I continuously see the word pinned, in all its glory, on the walls of businesses – a bold promise intended to inspire […]

  • How well thought-through is our dissatisfaction, if we can’t name the ‘instead’, wonders Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Instead” is a wonderful word – open, helpful, empowering, and most importantly directional. In the world of coaching, we talk a lot about the concept of knowing not only what […]

  • To what extent has shopping, or ‘retail thinking’, affected our approach to work relationships, wonders Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. People can be difficult. Even with years of coaching training and practice, I’m never going to tell you that knowledge of humans constitutes a magic wand that makes […]

  • It’s possibly not “The System” that’s beating you,  if making your mark is a struggle, suggests Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Have you ever been the person who arrives frustratedly into December proclaiming “Oh wow, another year gone. I didn’t do anything I said I’d do”?  Are you […]

  • Still humming ‘The Only Way Is Up’ when thinking of your career? It’s time to change your tune, in the name of true career creativity, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Onwards and sideways” a great colleague of mine used to say, usually in moments where a great […]

  • Everyone has to dip their toe in the marketing pool at some point, reminds Davina Greene. “Why should I?”, “That will never work!” and “That’s not what I’d do” – the dreaded retorts of the unconvinced audience. And that’s before the nervous change-haters chip in. But hey, we’re all […]

  • If you want to lead, you must engage in storytelling, painting a verbal picture to help people see what you already know, advises Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Now, boys and girls, we’re going to spend some time writing a story. Can you remember what a good story […]

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