#GetGroundedWithGrace
THE BLOGWhere I think out loud. Short, honest pieces on leadership, the story behind the numbers, strategy, and my own journey. Written to move readers and change behaviour, mine included.
A new post every Tuesday. Catch them first on LinkedIn.
Read-Only Fridays: Why Your Loose Ends Follow You Home
Unfinished work follows you home because your mind is waiting on a decision, not a result. What read-only Fridays are, and why a plan works as well as finishing.
Busy as a Badge: What Telling Everyone You're Flat Out Actually Costs
Research shows busyness raises perceived status. It also stops your team asking questions and your clients bringing you the small things. What busy really costs.
Thank You, Bain: The Rule of Seven and the Meetings That Finally End
Bain’s Rule of Seven says every person past seven cuts decision effectiveness by 10 per cent. How to run smaller meetings without anyone feeling left out.
"Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking, B1?" What Two Bananas Knew About Teamwork
The plan playing in your head does not travel with your words. Psychologists call it the curse of knowledge: once you know what you mean, you cannot imagine someone hearing anything else.
Dead Fish and the Art of Deliberate Stillness
From a children's game to neuroscience: why stillness is harder than it looks, what internal chatter actually is, and why leaders struggle most with it.
Toastmaster Manifestation
My Toastmasters mentor asked me to close my eyes before my first speech.
Avoid Your Thoughts
Efficiency is the most socially acceptable way to avoid your own thinking.
MBA Reflection
The people who worked alongside me every day saw something I had stopped seeing in myself.
The Process Nobody Owned
The analysts rebuilt everything. Every report, every piece of logic, meticulously reconstructed. Weeks of work.
But, what was the report actually for?
Breaking Ceilings
Every time I hit a ceiling, I didn’t just push through and break it. I built a ladder to reach the next one.
Do Less, Lead More.
The story every business owner can relate to - what it feels like to wear too many hats and how I help with a supporting hand.