My recent posts have been about finding your purpose. People have agreed its important, but should it be the number one priority when making career decisions? A recent conversation with Trefor Munn-Venn made me pause and think. It has been many years since we spent a week together on a fabulous leadership development course (Niagara Institute) It was at a critical point [...]
In March I had the pleasure of working with the 2025 BIA mentees at the BioIndustry Association (BIA) BIG Women in Biotech in Cambridge. Thanks again to Dr. Kate Barclay MBE, Samantha Care, Jane Wall, Cristina Hernandez Vazquez and the team for organising. Great to have Emma Thorp and Sophia Mowla leading concurrent workshops on energy and values. Why is [...]
I was honoured to participate in the inaugural HBA Talks at the inspiring HBA annual conference last week. #HBAAC24 It was an opportunity to share life lessons in personal change and these same lessons can be applied to large organizational change. My story “From Lab to Transforming Organisations” seemed to resonate with many people in the audience. It’s certainly [...]
In 2024 I’m exploring how employees can lead change from the bottom up. What does it take to drive success? My first discussion on this topic was with Mike Mair. We concluded that if employees are truly engaged and connected then leading change bottom-up is possible. The role of leaders and managers is critical to achieve real engagement and connection. Using data [...]
Remote and hybrid working has changed the role of people management. Recently Jackie Macritchie, Dianne Lee, Jonathan Betts, Amina Yesufu-Udechuku, Elisabeth (Liz) Mortimer-Cassen and Sara Vandenberghe discussed why middle managers are so important and how to nurture and develop. This was shared in a previous post. As part of that discussion, we identified that remote and hybrid working has added extra [...]
In 2024 I’ve been exploring how employees can lead change from the bottom up. What does it take to drive success? One theme that has come up consistently is the need to have a supportive environment. Who creates that for front line employees? It's the layer that is often described as middle (or people) managers. How can we, and do we nurture and [...]
