Author Archives: Jenna Wooldridge

So far this year, I’ve watched two movie sequels – Scream (8!) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. One was fantastic, made me sit up in my chair and took me right back to my childhood. The other was a complete disappointment and made me wish they’d stopped at…

In a recent poll we conducted, not one person claimed that working ridiculous hours was instrumental to their business’s success! So why does that culture still exist in so many different sectors today? Even in today’s modern world, where we have better systems and processes…

Today is apparently International Men’s Day, but you wouldn’t know it. I was shocked this morning to find very little airtime given to it in the media. A handful of Linkedin posts, mainly from women strangely enough! Evidence that unfortunately, whilst women are making waves…

“You learn something new every day.” I’ve heard that phrase thrown around so much in everyday life but not so much in the business world. Might it be that when people have built a business and are making money from it, they don’t necessarily feel…

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker, legendary management consultant, educator, and author There’s always a culture in a business, and you either build it, or it builds itself.  The point is though, that it’s our culture which really differentiates us from our competition – our…

In a world where we check our emails in bed, listen to the news on the school run and work through our lunch breaks to stay ‘informed’, it begs the question, where’s our off switch? Real communication and human contact have been swiftly replaced by…

I lay in bed last night completely elated. I had embarked on a new adventure just three weeks previous and become part of a new team.  In such a short amount of time, the impact my colleagues had had on me was invaluable. I felt…

“When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours.” Marie Antoinette I’ll never forget that anxious feeling that crept over me when the headline announced: ‘Coronavirus case confirmed in the UK’. It was mind blowing how it escalated after that. Every…

Michelangelo wisely once said “ancora imparo”. Roughly translated it means “still, I am learning”. He was 87 years old. A wise individual knows this all too well. There is always more to be learnt, more knowledge to take from others and better more efficient ways…

There are so many preconceptions that surround the business of business coaching. You’ll have heard it all before… “I know my business better than anybody could.” “I have a successful business. Why would I need a coach?!” “I know what I’m doing.” This isn’t about…