Ellen Livesey Ellen Livesey

Speaking with confidence at meetings

Do you dread going to meetings with your bosses and being expected to talk? Do you freeze sometimes when put on the spot in a meeting to answer a tricky question? Do you have difficulty chiming in with your views at meetings? In this article I provide 10 tips on how to communicate with confidence during business meetings.

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Ellen Livesey Ellen Livesey

Successful teams: what’s the secret?

Teamwork is critical in most of our workplaces these days. We all enjoy being in a high performing group doing great work, learning from and supporting each other. But building and maintaining successful teams doesn’t just happen on its own - there are many factors involved. In this post, I break down the first essential ingredient of team success: knowing each team member.

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Ellen Livesey Ellen Livesey

Courage versus kindness in workplace conversations

We all struggle with those ‘difficult’ conversations in the workplace. As leaders, it’s our obligation to conduct those conversations with courage, underpinned by kindness. In this article, I provide tips for successfully navigating those difficult conversations.

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Ellen Livesey Ellen Livesey

Leadership: self-doubt and success

We all have self-doubt. In this article, I explore how I have managed that doubt in my own career path, sharing what I have learnt along the way.

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