Managing older, more experienced members of a team is a common challenge in hospitality. Here I'm sharing 6 strategies that the people I’ve worked with say have made things better. 

Problem: I’m the leader of a busy kitchen. I keep finding myself feeling moody and frustrated when people on my team aren’t working to my standards

The 3 biggest mistakes I made as a young hospitality leader.

3 quick and easy tips for improving the meetings you run or participate in

What unconscious behaviours are driving your leadership? Are they serving you and your teams well? If not, what can you do about it?

Sometimes (nearly always in my book) the simplest things are the best. This is so simple you may even want to dismiss it. Stick with me!

Managing is a two way process. We don't often talk about the managing UP part. And it's a key skill to develop as you grow in your career.

Sometimes we find it hard to let go of work. Perfectionism, time, trust and even guilt can all get in the way. Finding your delegation why helps unblock these blockers.

Not working makes us better at working. It may sound counterintuitive but switching off work (a.k.a the The Right to Disconnect) leads to better results for us as people and for the businesses we run or work in.

Are there any elephants in your room right now? Honesty and directness can be uncomfortable. And because we like to avoid discomfort, it’s tempting to allow some topics to remain unaddressed…

It's all too easy - maybe even a cliché - to tell people to let go. But what ACTUALLY helps?

You can be happy and whole on your own, and lonely and unfulfilled in a relationship. And vice versa. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

4 very useable tools that created shifts for my coaching clients making big leaps in their careers.

How would you soothe a crying child: by ignoring them or by holding them? Rather than resist or ignore difficult thoughts think of how you could be more compassionate to yourself.

What are you more likely to remember at the end of the day: the 50 positive experiences you had or the one negative interaction?

Heading into the final weeks of 2023. I think quite a few of us feel a bit frazzled by this point. Even more important then to PAUSE, STEP BACK, see the BIG PICTURE.

Want to get better at handling difficult situations? Put down that second arrow.

Saying more in fewer words is an act of generosity. In a world full of noise people will appreciate you if you respect their time.

As a coach my job is to see my clients as bigger than they see themselves. And, by the way, I have my own coach who does the same for me.

Here's the 7 steps I work through to shift from limiting to an enabling mindset

If you are feeling stuck in the humdrum day-to-day laundry pile of small thinking try going BIG. These are questions I ask my clients to go away and have a good long think about. To really marinate in them.