Soulful Advice
The Latest Advice and articles from Niamh
Why Are They Being So Difficult? Understanding Workplace Conflict & Disconnection
Dealing with difficult colleagues? You're not alone. Research shows employees now spend over 4 hours per week managing workplace conflict. But here's what most leaders miss: the behavior isn't usually the real problem, it's a signal that connection has been lost....
You Can’t Automate Trust: Future-Proofing Leadership in the Age of AI
Why Emotional Intelligence Matters More Than Ever in AI Leadership AI is everywhere in leadership conversations right now. Budgets are being reallocated. New tools are being rolled out. Leaders are under pressure to “get ahead of the curve” and not be the...
When Teams Stop Talking: How to Rebuild Communication and Collaboration
If you've ever walked into a meeting where your team members avoid eye contact, give one-word answers, or seem to collaborate only when absolutely necessary, you know how frustrating and draining it can be. The energy feels heavy, productivity suffers, and you're...
Why Team Emotional Safety Fuels High-Performing Teams
In the quest to understand what makes teams truly exceptional, Google's Project Aristotle revealed a profound insight that challenges traditional notions of workplace performance. The number one predictor of team success isn't about individual brilliance, technical...
Can Supporting your Managers Improve your Engagement Levels?
Most employees (77%) aren't engaged, accounting for $8.9 trillion in lost productivity worldwide. But employee engagement is driven more by great managers than by countries' labor policies or job markets. Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2024 Recent research...
Why Workplace Relationships Matter
Studies have shown that when people don’t know how to connect emotionally, they can’t collaborate, communicate and solve complex problems effectively. In other words, unless you can successfully bond with the people you work with, you cannot perform to your...
Holding Space
Are you Emotionally Responsive? How comfortable are you at holding space for someone? We lead such busy lives that we frequently jump into action and ‘fix-it’ mode when someone presents a problem or difficulty – often cutting off the emotions that are present and...
When did you last step outside your Comfort Zone??
We all have a comfort zone - some are much larger than others. The things that make us feel a little nervous are just outside our comfort zone. The things that make us panic? Waaay outside. The thing is that if we just stay comfortable, we never grow. Not only...
Breaking Through Your Limiting Beliefs
Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough? Or that you’re not worthy? Or maybe you need to be in control of everything even though deep inside you’d love to let go? I was interviewed by Lucy Gernon about Breaking Through Your Limiting Beliefs for her...
What is Coaching?
What is Coaching? The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as: “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential.” The idea being, that coach and client are...