Leading AT Your Post: When You Can’t Withdraw But Can’t Continue at 100%
Operating in difficult times – You’re still showing up, but you’re running on fumes This month’s Field Notes is Part 2 of the Wartime Leadership series. If you’re in peacetime right now, feel free to skip this one — or save it for when the storms come (and they will). But if you identified with […]
What Does Your Boss Really Want?
Discover what organisational leaders really want from emerging leaders — and how being hungry, humble and smart changes everything.
Peacetime vs Wartime Leadership: When Your Foundation is Shaking
Most leadership advice assumes peacetime. But what if you’re in wartime? How to lead when you’re depleted, broken, or rebuilding. For leaders in crisis
January 2026: You’re Right About Strategic Thinking… But Here’s What You’re Missing
Introducing the traffic light document as a key tool to grow strategic prioritisation in your team
November 2025: 6 Months of Evolution: Where Your Life Caddy is Headed
introducing Field Notes for Leaders – why, what is it and where is it going?
Blog 65: How to Spot Confidence Loss in Your Team (Before They Quit)
Discover the 6 early warning signs of employee confidence loss and proven strategies leaders can use to rebuild team confidence before losing top talent.
Blog 64: When You’ve Lost Your Confidence: A Practical Recovery Plan
That’s a horrible feeling, isn’t it? One moment you’re performing well, the next you’re second-guessing everything. Maybe you bombed a presentation. Maybe you missed a critical deadline. Maybe someone’s feedback hit you harder than expected. Whatever triggered it, now you’re stuck wondering if you ever had what it takes. If you’ve lost your confidence at […]
Blog 63: From Intern to Thinking Partner: The Art of Ai Collaboration . . . a shared post with Claude
The following post is designed to reflect the generative power and leverage of working with Ai. This post demonstrates a shared authorship approach between Your life caddy and Claude Ai. The post has not been edited. It is presented to you as it was developed, together (with Claude). i hope this blog realises the potential […]
Blog 53: Digging Wells: One Year of Caddying Posts and the Journey Ahead
©Franciscan Media “Let’s begin again for up to now we’ve done nothing” – St Francis of Assisi Post 53 marks a year of post writing and i thought it may help others to capture this process and the evolution of caddying, these posts and now podcasts with the evolution of the Life Caddy Minute. In […]
Blog 62: Executive Edition: Part 1 – When uncomfortable conversations are just becoming unbearable. Who else is finding themselves having polarising conversations with staff?
This blog is part of an Executive Edition Series. It is specifically written for the Managers, Principals and Executive Leaders who struggle with the hard calls. You are the meat in the sandwich. Above you are a CEO, Board Chair, District or Regional Office. Below you are the team you lead. Sometimes the desires and […]