This week’s weeknote is a little later and shorter than planned. I had a banging headache for much of last week which really affected my whole being. A little rest and recuperation helped no end. Building on last week’s theme of the importance of quality relationships, one of things that has struck me this week…Read more »
Author: rachelgwenllian
Weeknotes #2
It’s Week 2 of my weeknoting journey! I am trying to embed this practice. To help, I have created a tab on OneNote specifically dedicated to weeknotes so that I can jot notes down as I go. I don’t know about you, there is so much that can happen from one end of the week…Read more »
Weeknotes #1
I have been meaning to start weeknoting for a while. What moved me to action was a discussion, whilst at a Leadership Away Day this week with colleagues from Sport Wales in the beautiful Elan Valley, about authentic leadership, and the value and importance of relationships and integrity. Through all of this, working transparently was…Read more »
I had my babies at 37 and 40 – and no, it’s not because I’m a ‘careerist’
The trend that we’re now seeing is one of choice and circumstance – at least mainly. The rest is dictated by the crippling cost of childcare and the damage having a child unfortunately still does to a woman’s career and earnings. Yet again this month the debate about older mothers – careerists, if you will…Read more »
Breastfeeding is like learning how to walk
Babies are amazing. As parents, we do our best to nurture them, guide them, support them, enable them to learn and develop, encourage them. They learn so much from us; what we do, how we do things. Yet, there is so much we can learn from babies. Just think about the process that babies go…Read more »
Critical Thinking: the skill we all need
The Frequency Illusion or Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Well, that’s what has been happening to me in relation to the future of skills. I recently read an article by Alex Gray published by the World Economic Forum about the 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and I saw on my Twitter timeline…Read more »