Alex Davids21 November 2019LinkedIn Culture vs. cultureAt NEP lately, we’ve been up to our armpits in culture work. So, we’ve been doing a lot of thinking about why culture is always a hot topic in business. Of course, we believe it should be. Read full article
Alex Davids17 October 2019LinkedIn The challenge of writing a blog as a coachAs coaches, we listen. We listen really, really well. We listen so well that we don’t hear our own thoughts anymore. Read full article
Alex Davids1 August 2019LinkedIn How to know when you’ve made itVisioning work is something we do all the time. We do it when we imagine ourselves in the next job, or with our next partner, or perhaps in a new country. We even do it when we think about what our next day might look like. With clients, we often start with the question “What do you want to be different next year?” Read full article
Alex Davids20 June 2019LinkedIn Stepping upYou’ve worked hard to achieve a leadership role in your business or team. You are well respected and feel that your leadership style is really connecting to those who surround you. You have energy and passion for what you are doing. So, what is holding you back? Read full article
Alex Davids6 June 2019LinkedIn Rising aboveIn business, there are small decisions and big ones. The key is identifying which is which. A common challenge we see is when leaders cannot separate themselves from the smaller decisions to have enough headspace for the big ones. Read full article
Alex Davids23 April 2019LinkedIn Being great vs. Being a great leaderTechnically amazing. Not so good with people? We used to get told a lot that it was the professional services industry that ran into trouble with leadership because they had technically amazing people who lacked any leadership skills once they became managers of people. Read full article
Alex Davids14 February 2019LinkedIn Can you really personalise performance in a team setting?At NEP we pride ourselves on individualising performance. There are no two humans exactly alike. We have so many different factors that make up our perspective it’s a wonder we can even sit in the same room as other people and find common ground, let alone come to unified decisions together. Read full article
Alex Davids23 January 2019LinkedIn Having less is having moreIt started with my closet. I have always known that sorting out my clothes leads to easier days when I’m under pressure, as choices are clearer and I can see what I have to work with. I think I “sort out” my closet twice a year at least. However, this year I’ve come across the concept of “essentialism”. Read full article
Alex Davids8 November 2018LinkedIn Owning the personal-professional parallelsEvery person I work with ultimately ends up seeing the link between what is happening in their home lives and how that is impacting them in their working worlds, and vice versa. Once that link becomes clear, it also becomes easier to understand how to shift something that isn’t working for them. Read full article
Alex Davids18 October 2018LinkedIn Clients can have as much of my time as they want…Internal meetings seem to get a bad rap. There are always too many of them and they are too long and inefficient and sometimes they are with people that you’re not excited to be with. We are always looking for ways to shorten the meetings or perhaps to run them to our agenda so we […] Read full article
