by Hannah Nightingale | Jul 5, 2021 | Managing, Tips & Tricks
It is my birthday today and our family celebrated with a ritual that developed, quite by accident, a few birthdays ago. The cake is made the day before, the kitchen table decorated with lights and banners and when we wake, a fuss is made, we sing the song and have...
by Hannah Nightingale | Jun 28, 2021 | Managing, Tips & Tricks
If you ever wondered how a waiter can take a large order without writing it down, a waiter taking a large order without writing it down, led to the answer – an answer I found in Sönke Ahrens book, How to Take Smart Notes. The story goes that in the 1920s, the...
by Hannah Nightingale | Jun 21, 2021 | Managing, Tips & Tricks
Some days you don’t feel like showing up. Even when you are not trying to change the world, the effort needed to get the everyday things done can feel overwhelming. It happens to all of us, and when it does, it can be worth looking at approaching things from a...
by Hannah Nightingale | Jun 7, 2021 | Better Meetings, Managing, Tips & Tricks
It was a challenging week of challenging conversations for me. It prompted me to revisit a list I wrote while watching the TED talk given by Celeste Headlee, she posits that we have lost the balance between listening and talking and it certainly helped me today...
by Hannah Nightingale | Jun 1, 2021 | Tips & Tricks
I am easily distracted. I started thinking about writing this on Monday. It is now Friday. Over the last few years, training and now working, as a Gallup Strengths coach, I discovered that my lack of execution is partly due to zero of my dominant strengths falling...
by Hannah Nightingale | May 18, 2021 | Tips & Tricks
I have been baking bread for a few years now, I love the ritual of it, at home in my kitchen with my family, creating something so delicious and nourishing from only flour, water and salt. It has become second nature to me and part of the rhythm of our house. ...
