Navigating High-Stress Work Transitions -Strategies for Maintaining Composure and Professionalism

Hello and welcome to The People Mentor podcast. I’m Nicola, and today we’re looking at a topic that touches all of us at some point in our careers: navigating high-stress work transitions while maintaining our composure and professionalism. Visualise this – You’re in the final stretch of a challenging project, juggling multiple deadlines, dealing with … Read more

How to Develop Your Confidence as a Manager of People

Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor. Today, I want to discuss developing your confidence as a people manager.  So, what is confidence? At its core, it’s about believing in your abilities and accepting and trusting yourself.  Being confident doesn’t mean you know everything or do everything perfectly.  But it does mean that you understand … Read more

How to Have Difficult Conversations at Work and Win

Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor, and in today’s podcast, I want to talk about how to have difficult conversations and win.  Now, by winning, I mean how to have the conversation successfully. It’s not about winning.  I’ve seen it so many times. Managers go into difficult conversations and their goal is to try … Read more

How To Have Difficult Conversations At Work Without Crying

Hi, I’m Nicola from The People Mentor and today, I want to talk about difficult conversations, and in particular, how to have them without crying. One of the things that many people worry about when they have to have a difficult conversation is that they’ll lose control of their emotions. They worry about exploding with … Read more

Why Avoiding Difficult Conversations Is So Damaging To Your Team 

Avoiding conversations blog

Most of us have actively avoided a difficult conversation. Nobody relishes having that feeling of dread in the pit of their stomach or the worry that a conversation will become a full-blown confrontation. But let’s face it, avoiding difficult conversations forever is neither possible nor wise. The stress, strains, uncertainty, and developments of the last … Read more