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To Whom This May Concern
Workplace bullying is a criminal offence in Malaysia following an amendment to their Penal Code last year. In a landmark move, Malaysia has amended its laws to criminalise all forms of bullying. The new sections specifically target bullying in any form, whether physical, verbal, psychological, or online. The provisions criminalise
Can we stop meeting like this?
Happy Friday and big welcome to my new subscribers! To all subscribers, I'm so glad you're here. How many meetings did you have this week? And how many of them did you actually need to have? If you're working in an organisation, I'
When it's hard to accept help
In a coaching call this week, a client was describing being offered help by someone more senior in her industry, but she hadn’t followed it up. How hard people can find it to ask for help is a theme that’s come up in coaching conversations more than once
Perfect is not the price of entry
I’ve been in three coaching conversations this week and I was struck by one theme which came up in each of them. Not lack of ability. Not laziness. Not people “not trying hard enough”. Perfectionism. In each conversation, the person on my zoom screen was capable, thoughtful and doing
Ending into a beginning
Welcome to my first newsletter of the New Year. I wish you all a happy and healthy 2026. It seems a while ago now, but I do hope you managed some rest time over the break. I'm writing this from my desk with a fresh cup of tea,
Wouldn't it be wonderful if...
I sat down earlier in the week to write an "End of Year" post over on Linked In. Lots of them around right now. People doing great things and all power to them. But whenever I feel some kind of pressure to perform and to conform, I find
Starting over
The idea of starting over later in life can feel overwhelming. Throughout my career, I've navigated major transitions, some through choice, others not so much. I started out in corporate marketing in financial services, moving to fundraising and leadership roles in the charity sector to local politics and
Team members as entrepreneurs
We're in an era where every team member has far more potential to be an entrepreneur within their organisation. With AI tools readily available, building web sites and apps, and creating and testing them no longer requires a whole IT department or a massive budget. All you need
Just because we can
A few newsletters ago I promised to share some of my ponderings about the ethics of AI. A historical parallel I've kept coming back to is the technological progress brought by the advent of steam power and the upheaval that followed. If we hadn't dug all
A conversation that matters
The very process of developing a strategy, done well, can create more than a plan for future activities. Strategic planning provides space and time for important conversations. When people hear the words strategy development, they picture slide decks with whizzy diagrams, away days with sticky notes, flip charts covered in