It turns out that lots of data and a logical approach can cause bad decision making. In a corporate role it can sound counterintuitive, but brevity and intuition are your friends.

Are the places you invest your time congruent with the person you want to be?

A tap on the shoulder for your next role can feel exciting or fill you with dread. Try out these questions to help you prepare for conversations about your next move.

Noticing discomfort is helpful. Rather than running from it, tap into what it's telling you - intuition is helpful in business.

Time to let go of that career decision you made 5 years ago that still occasionally haunts you. It isn't a predictor of future outcomes, it's just the past. Your next good decision is moments away.

Lets stop stifling ourselves. Wanting more is the natural state of things - we're here to grow. Lets be grateful and STILL want more.

We KNOW small steps today have a massive impact on our future. So it’s time to start taking them.

We're often creating pressure to reach short term outcomes that may not be in our best interests. It’s time to pause, look at the long game and ENJOY building a legacy.

Even if the precise situation you’re facing isn’t within your control, how you respond to it is.

One persons weed is another persons flower, so check yourself this week. What assumptions are you making? How can you surround yourself with different opinions?

I bet you’re already highly skilled at the logical parts of decision making, so the action this week is to notice if your intuition - your gut - is trying to add something to your thought process. Exceptional leaders harness both of these skills.

In the final Harry Potter book Dumbledore says to Harry, ‘Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?' - proof that it doesn't matter if you’re using your imagination or picturing a real event - our unconscious mind can’t tell the difference.

I’ve talked about mindfulness before and I’ll do it again because it’s a critical tool for self awareness. The more awareness you have, the easier it is to make simple changes to your mindset that will help you achieve the outcomes you want.

As a woman I often feel there’s as much pressure to break societal rules (‘be the first’) as there is to follow them (‘be the best’). It’s pretty tiring carrying the weight of that.

A level of stress, pressure and ‘striving’ can obviously be helpful when working to achieve your goals - but there are moments where surrendering, allowing or pausing will actually allow you to create a better outcome.

When you’re thinking about your next career move don’t think about what you want to ‘do’, think about how you want to feel.

My invitation to you this month is to decide how you want to improve your own leadership skills. If you’re in a role with no direct reports, don’t kid yourself into thinking that you’re not in a leadership role. People are watching and following.