Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

“You can bend but never break me 'Cause it only serves to make me More determined to achieve my final goal And I come back even stronger Not a novice any longer 'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul” I am woman by Helen Ready (click here for the song) How has covid impacted women? “We are at 1988 levels of workforce participation” Amy Gallow In countries with long periods of lock down due to Covid that there were major impacts on female workforce participation. A

“Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.” Michael Scott, The Office. Click here to watch Michael Scott deliver these fabulous lines Readers may be surprised to learn that I have been blogging on evidence based strategies to enhance leadership capability and wellbeing since June 2015. Typically, I find inspiration from an article I have read, a talk I have at

“The time we give to things reflects our values. When everything is rushed, then everything has been devalued. To live gracefully is to live within flowing rhythms at a human pace . There is time to pay respect to the value of what you do, to the worth of those you care for, and to the possessions you own. Gracefulness is not possible when life is frenetic, when we are harried, or suffer from overload, time crunch, and a vast multiplicity of commitments and pressures.” Jerome

Can we reschedule our work and lives to increase the likelihood of feeling happy? Can we prioritise positivity to improve our wellbeing?