How do you deal with poor performance as a Nice Boss?

I was talking to a business owner recently. Let’s call her Emma. Emma is lovely, clever, well educated, passionate about her industry, and has successfully founded a thriving business. But she feels miserable 😔 Emma feels that she is being walked all over by her team. An example: she told me about a team member, …

That’s Blockbusters!!!

Or that time I was on the telly... I received a message on my facebook page today... “Strange question, but were you ever on Blockbusters?” She was obviously feeling confused when she was watching Channel 5 and my face popped up... So let me explain... Back in 1997 I was a student teacher in Leeds, …

Failure is inevitable…

When we fail it can feel like the end of the world. When things go wrong, when things don’t turn out the way that you expected them to, when things take a sharp turn in an unexpected direction… it can feel like everything has failed. It can feel like you have failed. And it can …

We’ve been nominated for a BAFTA…

As well as teaching about being a Nice Boss, I am a Nice Boss...I own this business: Beeston Nursery, and last year we filmed a prestigious TV programme with Channel 4, “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds”.You can watch the replays here (we were in Series 2): https://www.channel4.com/programmes/old-peoples-home-for-4-year-olds/on-demand/67301-001The programme was amazing, and has been very …