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Valuing Your Value
Sometimes you might feel that what you're doing isn't ‘real’ work. If it's not hard, complex or high speed, surely it's not high value?...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


What's Driving Your Work Ethic?
Is it possible that you're working tirelessly because deep down, you want to prove to yourself or others that you're worthy of your...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Your Next Evolution
After a horrendous renovation experience a couple of years ago, we finally got around to updating some of the near-dead furniture in our...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Are You Clear About What You Want?
Strategic clarity applies personally as well as professionally. I've always believed that once you know what you want, it's just about...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Great Expectations
It’s common for people to reach a milestone in their career, or a role they’ve worked hard to attain, only to find that it doesn’t bring...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
For example, you might: 🔶Have an impressive technical skill, but it bores you 🔶Deliver inspirational speeches, but it drains you 🔶Have...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Tiny Habits, Big Realisations
Honestly, I was cynical that there was much more to know about habits. After James Clear's 'Atomic Habits' , I thought that 'Tiny Habits'...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Are You Overusing Your Strengths or Style?
There's nothing wrong with strengths. In fact, I'm a huge advocate for knowing them and applying them in your work, however there can be...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Burnout or 'Rust Out?
The flipside to burnout can be referred to as 'rust out'. It can be confusing if you're experiencing similar symptoms to burnout...

Sophie Graves
Aug 28, 2025


Assume Less, Achieve More
Messages not getting through? Noticing a lack of ownership and action? Maybe you're too smart for your own good and are suffering from...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Reframing Regret
Do you ever feel that you’ve made the wrong decisions? Beat yourself up for not making better choices? While listening to the Imperfects...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


What's Obvious To You May Be Profound To Others
Have you been surprised when senior people stall on what seem like standard leadership tasks? Often, it’s not resistance but...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Your Senior Leadership Teams Don't Need Training
They need to space to work though the adaptive challenges they are facing, with relevant tools weaved in as required. At the moment, we...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Adaptive Capacity Beats Outdated Training, Every Time
I'm seeing a complete evolution in the support required for senior leaders and teams. Leadership training on specific topics is simply...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Leading Doesn’t Have to Mean Enduring
Smart, senior people can sometimes get to the top of their professions and feel stretched, frustrated and suddenly rather stuck. It can...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


The New CEO Challenge: Lead the Organisation, Sustain Yourself
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Notice More, Achieve More: The Case for Strengths-Based Leadership
Imagine if there was a quick, free, simple and feel-good way to build performance, energy, confidence and momentum in your team.... Well,...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Are You Already Good Enough?
'Simon' came to me with a goal I hear often from high performers: “𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10, 2025


Getting Unstuck
You can rarely think your way out of a mental maze. Our minds are full - urgent issues derailing us, personal overlaid with the...

Sophie Graves
Aug 4, 2025


Can You See Burnout Coming?
Burnout is like a rip at the beach, one moment you’re frolicking in the waves and the next you’ve been swept out to see and are...

Sophie Graves
Aug 4, 2025
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