Ideas & Insights
Every success begins with ideas & insights
“Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” is this year’s theme for International women’s day.
Lucinda is incredibly passionate about representation of all people in all organisations. She believes that an equal future starts with our organisations and having frameworks in place to encourage and build equality.
What is the cost of your perfectionism?
Perfectionism is the enemy of opportunity, and in that light, it's also the enemy of success.
Being a perfectionist means you over-invest, all the time. Hardly perfect, huh?
Being a perfectionist means that people are missing out on your value. You're not helping people - because you're too busy creating 'perfect'. None of us like admitting that. But it's true.
How to stay visible in a Hybrid workplace
It seems everyone's talking about the Hybrid workplace and opinion is divided. For most of us, there are parts of it we like and parts that we don't - but some form of the Hybrid model seems set to stay.
There are a lot of positives to the Hybrid model including (generally) improved flexibility, employee satisfaction and productivity and a sense that we have more balance and control as we are better able and equipped to work from almost anywhere that has internet connectivity.
The rise of the Hybrid workplace means we get to work where we perform best - and it might be different places for different types of work.
With great positives also come great challenges. Challenges that are grounded in relationships and the way others work.
When we're not in the office we tend to 'miss out' on things - missed conversations, missed invitations, missed meetings. We miss out on all the things that come with observing others - our leaders, our managers, our peers, our teams, our stakeholders. We can miss out on professional development opportunities - learning from others by shadowing what they do and how they do it. Missed opportunities to influence and participate because there's little chance of being in the right place at the right time.
That space where we do things we haven’t done before is outside of our comfort zone – the space where we believe extraordinary lives.
It’s easy to say, but less easy to do (which is pretty obvious given it’s not in our comfort zone…)
Operating in this space on a daily basis requires planning and conscious effort – but it doesn’t need to take long…
I’ve come to think about life and career as a series of chapters, because this approach allows me to be more creative, more full of possibilities, more adventurous and more excited about what lies ahead. It allows me to take what I want from my past to move into the future. I can unburden what no longer serves me and move forward with what does.
