Burnout is neither a new concept, nor a new experience to many who work in the demanding environment of healthcare. There is any number of articles and studies to be found on the subject when one carries out a Google…
Although most of us are familiar with Ghandi’s words: ‘Be the change that you wish to see in the world’, what many fail to grasp is the simplicity of applying Ghandi’s words in a practical and constructive sense in our…
Recently I was struck by a wonderful Facebook post, which I went on to share on my coaching page – it read as follows: “A father said to his son: ‘be careful where you walk’. The son responded: ‘you be…
Brad Paisley, the American country music singer said - ‘Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one’. He was referring to the coming around of a new year, the opportunity to write a…
In a handful of weeks’ 2016 will be behind us and a fresh, New Year will dawn, filled with opportunities and potential for further business, professional and personal growth. 2017 promises to be an exciting new year for Burns-Hoffman Consulting…
November is the month during which we are inevitably constantly reminded in various ways that the current year will soon be drawing to a close. Invitations to year end functions arrive; Christmas decorations go up in the stores; carols are…
Spring, similar to the start of a new year, brings a wonderful sense of freshness and energy. It is a time to allow the unopened buds of the months now passed to come into bloom before the inevitable ‘busy-ness’ of…
I write this article as a woman who has had the privilege of working with and alongside men in business for almost 30 years; a professional business owner and coach; wife and mother. I cannot speak as a man; I…
The Greek Philosopher Heraclitus is known to have said: ‘No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he is not the same man.’ While there may be debate around what exactly Heraclitus…
