by Sian Mertens | Sep 8, 2022 | Coaching, Conflict, Leadership, MDM Blog, Uncategorized
Is your low tolerance for conflict holding you back? Stepping out of a meeting room with a colleague, we continued our passionate debate on the best way to develop our first line leaders. We were mid-design; pulling together a new program for the business on...
by Sian Mertens | Jul 28, 2022 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized
Diagnosing Trust Think about one of the most difficult relationships you’ve ever had at work. The type of relationship where you cringe when you have to go and speak to this person, where your chest tightens when you’re put on a project together, and you get...
by Sian Mertens | Jun 28, 2022 | Coaching, Leadership, Positive Psychology, Strengths, Uncategorized
The Power of Strengths Sitting around the dinner table is a 10-year-old primary school kid, a 13-year-old high schooler, a 43-year-old business owner, and a 44-year-old Project Director. They have finished eating and each has a piece of paper in front of them with a...
by Sian Mertens | May 20, 2020 | HR, Leadership, MDM Blog, Redundancy
The Human Side of Redundancy Last year a friend asked me to attend a meeting at work as her support person. As she relayed to me the email that had been sent to her from HR, I gently suggested that it was likely she was going to be made redundant (as gently as one can...
by Sian Mertens | Mar 16, 2020 | Coaching, Leadership, Talent Management
6 Things Great Leaders Don’t Do “What should you do if you’re in a meeting with one of your employees, and they become so upset that they try to throw something at you?” This was a question posed to me on an otherwise normal day, in the midst of facilitating...
