7th June 2024 marked the second face-to-face workshop organised as part of the "Strategic Change" 2023-2024 ARLT SIG series of events. A similar workshop was delivered at LJMU earlier this year, small group discussions on strategies for change, panel conversations (Researching on antiracism - the people and the purpose) and external engagement with LTHEchat (LTHEchat… Continue reading Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @Uni of Bath- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
Category: Change Management
Professional self-care for 2024
It is the third year in a row that I have dedicated a whole reflection blog for professional self-care & happiness. Check out "My little 'astuce' to professional happiness" from 2022 and "Professional self-care for 2023". Since my last International Day of Happiness blog, I started to: 🎯Focus more time on my self-development📅Reclaim my calendar… Continue reading Professional self-care for 2024
Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @LJMU- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
28th Feb 2024 was not just any regular workshop that I usually lead, but it was the first in-person event of ARLT SIG, which came to fruition after months of discussions with LJMU's Diversity and Inclusion Team, in collaboration with their Ethnically Diverse Staff Network. So last year I happened to have that crazy idea… Continue reading Notes from “Unleashing your true potential – Self-reflection & growth” @LJMU- workshop Led by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan
You need competence to recognise incompetence
What role does competence play in our day-to-day life? Ever heard of the Dunning–Kruger effect? It is a cognitive bias where people with limited ability in a specific area overestimate their own abilities. This is not to be confused with the popular belief that "stupid people are too stupid to know they are stupid". Instead the… Continue reading You need competence to recognise incompetence
The wise words of 2023
I pen this blog as a reflection of the various international days that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) celebrate each year, in particular wellbeing often being a sector-wide theme that touches all staff and students - this December, as many of us, I have also been reviewing the last 12 months, and identifying any shortcomings on… Continue reading The wise words of 2023
When UK HEIs detonate the bomb in their own camps
Blog also published on 6th Sep 2023 on The Higher Educationalist, as part of a three-way #HEBlogSwap. Please also check out: 👉A guest blog post “This is STILL a moonshot moment for higher education” for #HEBlogswap by Santanu Vasant - Head of Educational Development and Digital Education, London Metropolitan University, as part of #HEBlogSwap 2023.… Continue reading When UK HEIs detonate the bomb in their own camps
Behind the scenes of being a winner
7th Oct 2023 marked the start of a new journey for me. 40+ million people worldwide have been on the journey, with only 8500+ members actively pursuing their mastery, and one single winner - ME! Yes, I won the first prize in the Life Mastery Achiever programme, a grand prize worth $10,000 of coaching by… Continue reading Behind the scenes of being a winner
Being a humble student
Did you recently join a meeting or a training where you said one or both of these? I already know that Me too In the academic sector, it often seems like everyone knows better than everyone else; the "Professor" knows better than all academics and researchers, the "PFHEA" is the ultimate knower of everything -… Continue reading Being a humble student
How you do one thing is how you do everything
In the space of world-class achievers, we say that "How you do one thing is how you would do everything". Over the years, I have had the opportunity to be a volunteer for a number of organisations and endeavours in various roles: Organising Conference Committee, Conference Chair, Committee Chair, Panel Speaker, Journal Reviewers, Executive Committee,… Continue reading How you do one thing is how you do everything
Professional self-care for 2023
Last year my post "My little astuce to professional happiness" (https://bit.ly/3CzgWGH) was beyond valuable to me (as a reflection), so much so that I have been compiling new self-care that I have adopted since then to share for the International Day of Happiness 2023. Before the pandemic started, it was clear to me that I… Continue reading Professional self-care for 2023
My little “astuce” to professional happiness
Today, is International Day of Happiness, a day where we celebrate being happy, and then sabotage ourselves the remaining 364 days into not being happy. I am writing my thoughts as a reflection on what I have done the last few days to be happy in my professional activities. Of course, there have been several… Continue reading My little “astuce” to professional happiness
Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
Today is the day when organisations will publish statements of how great they have been working towards women empowerment, and some will even throw in the UN SDG5 for a top-notch touch. The day, when the world acknowledges the 49.6% of humans alive! A few days back EM2030 made it clear that the 2030 gender… Continue reading Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
What inclusivity means for EMA and for me
Recently, as Organising Committee Chair, although based in UK at that time, I flew one conference attendee (now dear friend) in an electric wheelchair from Budapest to Vienna for the EMA General Assembly (23-25th February 2019) with joint events with the Marie Curie Alumni Association conference. It was no easy task, I had to juggle… Continue reading What inclusivity means for EMA and for me
Impact Coaching & Mentoring (ICM) for Leaders 