Having a growth mindset – the key to your success  

Believing that you and your abilities are fixed can be detrimental to your growth and skill development. It can also sabotage your health and happiness. Those with growth mindsets strongly believe that learning is vital for growth, healthy relationships, happiness and success. They believe in the power of persistence and determination over being right and limiting one’s possibilities. Is this a mindset that you would like to harness for yourself?

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Karen Kwong
Setting goals to build confidence during a pandemic

2020 was a challenging year for everybody – A new year allows us to look forward to new beginnings on who you want to be, on your career, and how you want to spend the rest of the year. Goal setting is an essential tool in helping us navigate the next 12 months with confidence and hopefulness. As we quickly progress into 2021, start setting your goals today and learn how it will help you build self-confidence.

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Karen Kwong
Are you a future fit leader?

There are a multitude of books on leadership and what makes an effective leader. And yet, if one were to ask anyone what makes a good leader, people would be hard pressed to answer that question with clarity. Good leadership can be taught and you can prepare yourself to be better than what you don’t like and want to see. However the mindsets and skills needed today are not going to be exactly the same as those needed in 2030. So, what does it mean to be a future fit leader?

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Karen Kwong
You’ve Got This – How to Manage Anxiety at Work and at Home

Anxiety is something that all of us at various stages of our lives will experience, sometimes in mild form, others not, and not just once or twice. However, it is chronic and persistent anxiety which may or may not lead to something darker that is more worrying and something that should be addressed very quickly. Sadly, pre-pandemic, the number of people suffering from anxiety was already high and ever increasing, since then, these numbers have soared to new and unprecedented heights. Do you want to learn how to manage your anxiety better so you can lead fulfilled, purposeful and joyous lives?

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Karen Kwong
Wellness – what unhealthy might look like in the workplace

Wellness is something that is increasingly being discussed and rather than just talking about it, we as individuals, as well as the organisations in which we work, are starting to take it more seriously. Whilst there are many ways in which one can diagnose (or self-diagnose) states of mental wellbeing, sometimes the ‘symptoms’ may be less obvious than the usual poor sleep, poor diet angle but through sometimes irrational and unusual behaviours accompanied by a large dose of denial. Here are some real life examples of coaching conversations where one’s state of wellbeing is very much impacting one’s work and homelife.

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Karen Kwong
Digital water cooler moments - answers to some questions

As we are at the end of month 6 of the lockdown in the UK (for some of you it has been longer), the hot topic of creating meaningful digital water cooler moments is still being discussed, and heavily. The discussions are around Zoom/VR fatigue, general mental health strain, specific video conferencing stress (eg cognitive dissonance with shapes of faces and lack of physical presence), lower employee engagement, lack of understanding/empathy from line managers, feelings of isolation and loneliness, misunderstandings & miscommunications - the list goes on. The importance of connection which used to occur most frequently through the water cooler moments, have now all but disappeared. How do we recreate those into digital water cooler moments?

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Karen Kwong
Imposter Syndrome - a Life, Like You Mean It podcast with Lisa Cybaniak & Karen Kwong

If you suffer have a constant fear of feeling like a fraud and that your success & achievements are down to luck and not a lot else, you’re likely to be suffering from Imposter Syndrome.

If you suffer have a constant fear of feeling like a fraud and that your success & achievements are down to luck and not a lot else, you’re likely to be suffering from Imposter Syndrome.

We sincerely hope you enjoy this podcast and leave with some useful insights and helpful tools. I thought it was such a fun way to discuss a vital topic that affects more of us than we know. We need to make sure it doesn’t hold you back from greater and brighter things!

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Karen Kwong
Are you maximising your superpowers?

If you were told that there is something out there that will bring about greater success, productivity, energy, motivation, confidence, fulfilment and resilience into your life, with little effort, would you turn it away?

We all have innate strengths - our very own superpowers. How can you harness these to flourish - for yourselves, for your job (eg to deliver excellent results), for your career (eg that promotion) (eg that new role) and for your organisation (eg for sustainable growth)?

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Karen Kwong
The importance of grounding yourself in a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguousness (VUCA)

With most everything we know, love and recognise being caught up in a whirlwind of chaos, it can often seem like there isn’t much to get excited about, and more likely to feel incredibly untethered and uncertain how to move forwards. Here is something about the importance of feeling grounded, how you might get there and how it will help you flourish going forwards, especially in a world of VUCA - volatility, ambiguity, complexity and ambiguity.

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Karen Kwong
Are you robbing yourself of greater success?

Have you ever wondered why you are doing all the right things and yet you're not where you need or want to be?

Or no matter what you've tried, you can't get things to change for the better?

Or if things are going well, perhaps not at the pace you would like it to?

It's very easy to look at where you are and place the blame firmly at someone else's feet. Have you ever wondered that maybe you are the problem?

This article will talk about how many of us self-sabotage and get in our own way of greater success - be it at home, at work and for our careers.

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Karen Kwong
You're worth it! Job visibility whilst working from home

Feeling like you’re lacking visibility and losing ‘facetime’ with leadership whilst working from home? Thinking your job might be vulnerable? Finding it hard to connect with clients without regular meetings? Trying to be impactful whilst job hunting is hard huh? Here are some things to boost your confidence and practical tips to help increase your presence.

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Karen Kwong