Cocktails and Coaching

Have you ever stopped and thought about all the things you want to do, will do, could do but for some reason you just don't do it today… You think ' I'll do it next week, next year, one day '… Especially if you're thinking about how you want to develop , what you want to achieve in life or how you want to make a difference …   Last week I was lucky enough to hear from Nancie Shackleton. She spoke for about 45 minutes and is one of the most inspiring people I've ever seen… She's Assistant Chief Officer for Lincolnshire Police and she shared her personal journey and gave loads of tips and advice…  One that absolutely stuck with me was the concept of laying your life out in decades and thinking of it as a week …   ie When you're aged 0-10 that's Monday 10-20 is Tuesday 20-30 is Wednesday 30-40 is Thursday 40-50 is Friday 50-60 is Saturday And 60-70 is Sunday..   My grandma lived until she was 104 so potentially I coul

A coach talks with you A mentor talks to you A sponsor talks about you There are some days when I absolutely love my job and today was one of those days! I spent the day hearing from 3 inspirational speakers (more about them in future blogs!) and then had an evening at a mentoring event run by TLA WomenInTech… When I had my first mentee ask me to mentor them 4 years ago I didn't know why they'd asked me or what value I would add to them. Little did I know, just a few years later how much I'd love mentoring and that I'd actually have a blog called 'Cocktails and Coaching'!! So why do I do it? For me, 4 years ago, it really helped me develop my own self awareness. I always just thought I was lucky at work. So when I had to stop, think and explain why I do certain things, say certain things and act in a particular way it helped me realise my own strengths and maybe I wasn't just lucky! And now, just a few years later, the energy I get