Ice Breaker - ‘a thing that serves to relieve inhibitions or tension between people’ Oxford English Dictionary It’s time for a confession, I am a massive fan of a good ice breaker! And just in case you missed it lets be super clear I said a ‘good’ ice breaker. I know for some that seeing... Continue Reading →
Improving business performance through data literacy
At the beginning of December 2021 I had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar about data literacy with a few of my data friends Steve Adams, Steve Prokopiou and Neil Richards. Steve A and Steve P approached me back in August 2021 about putting together a webinar and I jumped at the chance to work... Continue Reading →
Improving team engagement
One of the most important elements of leading a team is engagement. The theory goes that engaged staff perform more effectively both individually and as a team, absenteeism decreases and staff health and well-being improves. I have been leading teams for well over a decade now and constantly looking at ways of ensuring that the... Continue Reading →
Coaching – the power of ‘listening’
Last autumn, after having a chat with Claire Bradshaw, I signed up to complete my ILM Level 5 certificate in Coaching and Mentoring with her. I am hugely passionate about effective leadership and I am always reflecting on my performance as a leader. What I really enjoy is helping others develop and maximise their potential,... Continue Reading →
Learning through teaching
I am not sure ‘teach’ is the right word, probably it should be skills sharing but anyway let’s call it teaching for ease. I was keen to talk about how teaching others has helped to improve my own skills and understanding. Since I discovered the magic of Tableau and then went on to implement Tableau... Continue Reading →
Dude, where’s my dashboard?!
One of the most useful things we have ever implemented in our Information Team is unique identifiers for our ad-hoc data requests, routine reports and statutory returns. I can’t take the credit for this. An Analyst who joined my team about ten years ago (and has since moved on) brought this from his previous job.... Continue Reading →
Why Agile Project Management could work for you!
About 6 years ago I started to hear a lot about Agile Project Management, Scrum and Kanban, and was keen to understand what these things were all about and whether we could use these methodologies in my team. One of the team went on an Agile Project Management course and came back really enthused. So... Continue Reading →
Dataliciously Ella 