Wild Love. A striking name for a workshop. The mind itself can run wild trying to work out what it’s about. What is it? It’s a brilliant two-hour workshop I attended a few weeks back, on opening up the heart to connect to oneself and others in the room (for clarity, hugs were the extent […]
At Inspo, our passion is to help people be the best that they can be. We make this our reality by delivering motivational talks, bespoke training and providing 1-1 performance and career coaching. We love to see businesses driven by a similar passion to help people be at their best. Barden is a perfect example […]
Careers: Is ‘big change’ possible? Lucy Kellaway is one of my favourite journalists. Or should I say, ‘was’. See Kellaway’s articles vanished from the Financial Times around 18 months ago. In an online article I stumbled across last week I discovered Kellaway, who was 30 years in journalism, left her post with the FT. Kellaway […]
At Inspo, the following are four unmissable work truths. You may agree or disagree on their importance. That’s fair enough. Either way, they are important to share to let you form your view on them: Work dominates your time: You are going to spend 33% of your wakeful adult life at work. It trumps (possibly […]
The lovely summer evenings have been such a gift this year. That being said, they are eclipsed by that feeling of having a week or two’s uninterrupted holidays from work. And for many of us, that period is upon us around this time. It’s so important to make the most of it. Here’s three things […]
Career Progression: Moving from Pain to Gain. I believe it’s a rare journey in life where we get to the end point without some pain along the way. To be honest, I don’t know would I want it any other way. One of my favourite minds on living life well, Victor Frankl, emphasised how suffering […]
This is classic summer. Sun out, Wimbledon on. I’ve been playing my own version of Wimbledon lately. Tennis tournaments across Dublin that is. The standard I play at is a mere fraction on show currently at SW19. That being said, the tournaments have made me appreciate the ‘win or lose’, ‘live or die’ environment that […]
Yoga on Saturday in Saint Stephen’s Green was brilliant. The sun beamed a wonderful light and heat on us for the hour. This light was contrast by complete darkness set upon the grass four feet away from my mat by a shadow cast from a towering oak tree in the Green. ‘Where there is light, […]
Inspo’s last blog focussed on the importance of the front and back offices. Both for business and ourselves, and our career. Another key concept that has emerged in more recent times in business is the concept of the ‘mid-office’. The mid-office is responsible for areas such as strategy formation and execution, and product development. The […]
I spent four years working in a front office. Eight years in a back office. It gave me a great perspective on the two sides of the corporate coin. The front office makes things happen. It makes the money. It delivers the work. The front office is the interface with the world. The back office […]