It’s time to kick your inner critic’s ass once and for all, to alleviate doubt, suggests Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. If I lined up all the action-takers of the world in order of activity, would you be at the head of the queue or holding firm somewhere […]

With social media pretenses and endless talk of achievement, has ‘managing expectations’ gone out the window, asks Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Dealing with people, one thing that really grates is the amount of disappointment I encounter. Disappointment in oneself, in friends, partners, siblings, parents, colleagues, life…the works. […]

Get there quicker with a coaching co-pilot, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Coaching is about driving clients from reflection and planning through to achievement, often leading to a sense – or role – of leadership, in life or in work. Some do it better than others, which […]

Check that an ‘Oops, I did it again’ style of politeness isn’t doing you a disservice, suggests Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. What is Politeness? Very quickly, we decide who is polite and who is not – and it sticks. Defined by Politeness theorist (yes, they exist) William […]

Just because someone’s on the decision-making fence doesn’t mean the fence is comfortable, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Will I or won’t I? Should I or shouldn’t I? Can’t I just get someone else to make the decision instead? Not questions that we want to hear a […]

Dig a little deeper into self-knowledge to build stronger foundations, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene Self-awareness is a term we know well. It mainly involves being able to shout out a few self-describing keywords (“extrovert!”, “organizer!”, “chatterbox!”), so no problem, right? But how are your levels of […]

Going entirely solo is hard, and maybe not too clever, so create your own Board of Management, suggests Davina Greene. Who do you approach for advice? Is it the best advice? Strong companies thrive on having a variety of people around the table, questioning, challenging, monitoring and supporting each […]

  Is the world overloading us, or do we remove simplicity ourselves, wonders Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Simplicity: if only it were simple. It seems a bit illogical, doesn’t it, that simplicity should be a difficult thing to achieve? But it can be. So, what on earth […]

Not all learning is equal, so let’s make sure you’re getting what you need, suggests Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Once you stop learning, you start dying” is a line attributed to Einstein. A tad dramatic, perhaps (after all, everyone deserves the occasional break), but there is indeed some […]

Why do we continue to place our own motivation in other peoples’ hands, wonders Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Being motivated means wanting to do things. Not just having the idea, but actively following through. To shine as Talent in any organization, or situation, it cannot be that […]

Where good leadership is happening, support it vigorously via active followership to ensure it lasts, suggests Davina Greene. Think of the last time you went to the theatre and saw a truly wonderful performance. When the standing ovation happened at the end, did you a) start it, b) actively […]

As life gets faster, and more performance- and data-driven, let’s not lose grasp of all that’s human, natural and good, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. Humanity – despite its relevance to every single second of our lives – can seem a fast-disappearing concept. If, that is, you […]

People Management: That thing to which so many employees aspire is rarely straight-forward, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene “People” and “Management”. Putting those words together at times seems something akin to bringing “kittens” and “photoshoot” into the same sentence – much ignored instruction, mad dashing about, corralling, […]

So, we grow up, we mature, we acquire organizational skills…right? “Wrong!”, says Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene Hands up if any or all of  “Now, where did I save that file?”, “Eh…why did we make that product decision last year?”, or “Oh God, it’s audit time – are […]

With every passing day, what position are you moving yourself towards, asks Leadership & Performance Coach, Davina Greene. “Where do you see yourself , work-wise, in 5 years’ time?”. Click. What mental picture did you take just then? That snapshot is part of your Career Vision. “When you start […]