DR. AMINA AITSI-SELMI MD PHD

It was my eleventh interview. It was 2003 and I’d tried and failed to get my dream job ten times. My peers were sailing through their...

This question has come up a few times for myself and my clients. It can come up for a number of reasons including: 1) You’ve experienced...

Like a group of teenage kids going to school hoping not to be blown up is how I remember it. This was Algeria in 1993. The Civil War was...

One of the highlights of last week was attending a 2022 Business Book Awards event and receiving the personal development book of the...

What do you do when you have to do something you don’t want to do? Millions of people are caught in conflict zones around the world right...

It’s easy to see power and love as antithetical to each other. You might have an instinctive reaction to one or the other word. [Read on...

When you’re claiming your freedom to the career and life that you truly want (and stepping into a level of leadership and impact that is...

Boundaries, boundaries. We tend to think of them as a self-protective thing. Yet, there is nothing more conducive to healthy...

Have you noticed that being energised feels a little more challenging than usual this January? Perhaps you have great ideas but feel a...

My good friend James is a lead scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. They’re the first to get warnings of...

Time needs more love. We talk about it, plan it, measure it and make judgements about whether we have enough or not. We think we can...

Reflecting on coaching conversations this past month brought me to a conclusion: we believe in guilt too much. Guilt says: You should be...

Do you sometimes feel like you’re a problem-solving machine? Whatever problem life throws at you, you get your teeth stuck right in there...

If you have a slightly unusual background, you might feel like a perpetual outsider. And that’s actually an asset to groups you’re part...

Ram Dass once said: You think you’re enlightened? Go spend a week with your family!... Whether it’s colleagues, teams or family,...

It was a week before the conference. We were supposed to finalise a fantastic agenda to inspire hundreds who were working at the...

When I was preparing for a big career leap, I had the sense that it was best to keep it quiet. I only told a few people on a need-to-know...

During the pandemic, some people asked me: do you miss working as a doctor or in public health? It can be a little awkward because I...

The higher up you go in an organisation, the greater the prevalence of narcissists and psychopaths. Careers with the highest proportion...

I’ve bought a few more books than usual over pandemic. I’d like to recommend one in particular because it digs deep into a common...