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Do you make time for the moments that matter?

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There’s one thing talking about the four colour energies of Insights Discovery.

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What if we focused on what was right with people instead of what was wrong with them?\n\nThis coming from the person who has spent most of their life being highly critical of themselves.\n\nFocusing on what wasn’t good enoug...

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I can remember the moment so clearly.\n\nI was sat in the board room,\n\nAll the leaders in our programme team were sat around the table, delivering updates.\n\nThe news wasn’t good.\n\nWe weren’t making the progress we needed t...

","url":"https://emmasomers.co.uk/blog/f/when-psychological-safety-is-absent-in-the-boardroom","title":"When Psychological Safety Is Absent in The Boardroom","summary":"I can remember the moment so clearly.\n\nI was sat in the board room,\n\nAll the leaders in our programme team were sat around the table, delivering updates.\n\nThe news wasn’t good.\n\nWe weren’t making the progress we needed t...","date_modified":"2026-06-01T10:45:29Z"},{"id":"https://emmasomers.co.uk/blog/f/the-leadership-beliefs-shaping-my-work","html_content":"

Over the years leading teams and working with leaders and teams as a team coach, I've developed a set of beliefs about leadership.

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The one mistake too many leaders make after a restructure is going straight back to BAU as soon as the the changes go live.

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Watching my two girls playing reminded me that culture is built in small moments and spreads fast.

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For nearly sixteen years, I worked in one organisation.

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Before you set more goals for 2026, it might be worth checking your fuel tank.

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As the year draws to a close many leaders may find themselves running on fumes - final deliverables, planning cycles and responding to whatever the organisation and our teams need from us next. And in all that momentum, ...

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Before the Christmas Parties Begin… How Well Is Your Team Really Closing the Year?

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Leadership development isn’t about quick fixes or surface-level shifts. It’s about unpeeling the onion, layer by layer, to reveal what sits underneath our habits, assumptions, and ways of working, both as individuals a...

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From Guarded to Galvanised: Uniting a Senior Management Team

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The Danger of Staying Silent: From Avoidance to Alignment

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What Happens When Teams Reset

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If you’re here for the credentials, I’ve got those—and I’m happy to share them. But if you’re curious about the journey that shaped me into the coach, facilitator, and consultant I am today, this is the story that matter...

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