Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: How do we deal with bereavement at work?
Experiences with grief highlight the need for workplaces to improve their support for bereavement, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: Are you leading your team, or just managing them?
Louise Rodgers explores the concept of how becoming a “design coach” can help deliver more effective management and leadership
OpinionThe Coach: How to get the recognition you deserve, without being seen as a ‘show-off’
A social and workplace culture that has historically encouraged modesty can also prevent us from getting noticed, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionDo you want, or need to be, liked?
Avoiding being a ‘people pleaser’ is often critical to becoming an effective manager, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionHow to address the emotional fallout of redundancy
Dealing with redundancy requires its own set of skills, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionIn praise of slow working
We can all play our part in promoting a pace of work that promotes true wellbeing, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionIs architecture a 'greedy' profession?
‘Greedy’ professions demand more time over and above what might otherwise be expected, and contribute towards the gender pay gap, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: To be, or not to be, flat
‘Flat’ office structures are often anything but equal, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: The ‘trust glue’ and how to use it
We know that trust helps builds relationships and strong teams, but how do we foster this special ‘glue’ that binds us, asks Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: The state of flow and how to find it
Creating the time and space to get fully “in the zone” can benefit our professional lives and help make us happier, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: Tapping into your gut instincts could help you bring your ‘whole self’ to work
Many of us struggle to tap into instinctual and more “heart-focused” ways of thinking in the workplace. By yielding more to our emotional selves we may improve the quality of working relationships, writes Louise Rodgers.
OpinionThe Coach: If we want real diversity, then we need to start investing in it
To avoid tokenism in the workplace we need to embrace a more profound understanding of what inclusivity means, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: The stories we tell ourselves
The narratives we create about ourselves can motivate us, but also sometimes hold us back, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: How the light gets in – in praise of imperfection
Perfectionists can achieve great things but they can also demotivate their teams and create cycles of negativity, writes Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: Does ‘back to school’ mean ‘back to the office’ this September?
Change is in the air, with employers wanting staff back in the office. How can employees who are working from home negotiate this new environment? Louise Rodgers makes some helpful suggestions.
OpinionThe Coach: How to give (and take) criticism constructively
Knowing how to give and take criticism is an essential skill in the workplace, says Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: It’s OK to get angry – it’s how we deal with our anger that’s key
There are workplace situations in which anger seems to be the only legitimate response and it can then be used as a force for good, says Louise Rodgers
OpinionThe Coach: Quitting your job is a big deal. Have you really thought it all through?
Change is often good and perhaps never more so than in these post-pandemic times. But Louise Rodgers advises that you explore your desire for something different a little more carefully before you jump ship
OpinionThe Coach: How to manage empathy overload
Doomscrolling the news from Ukraine? Louise Rodgers explains how to turn anxiety into something more constructive
OpinionThe Coach: On change, grief and adjustment
As many find themselves transitioning back into the office again, Louise Rodgers says whatever you are feeling, it’s OK