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Success or Excuses Podcast: 9 Months of Stories, Resilience, and Mindset

By James Fleming, MD of The Power Within Training   It’s been 9 months since I hit record for the very first time on The Success or Excuses Podcast. Back then,…
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James Fleming on why success makes people uncomfortable and why you shouldn't care

Too Big for Your Boots: Why Success Makes People Uncomfortable (and Why You Shouldn’t Care)

By James Fleming, MD of The Power Within Training   I grew up in Wishaw, a working-class town just outside Glasgow. If you know the area, you’ll know what I mean…
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Enas Fleming Exposing the Fatal Flaw in How We Approach Mindset

The Fatal Flaw: How a Fixed Mindset and Lack of MQ Killed Industrial Giants

By Enas Fleming, Co-founder & Operations Director, The Power Within Training    If there’s one truth every woman in management knows, it’s this: the ground beneath our feet is never…
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James on Women in Construction Leadership Bias

Enough is Enough: Calling Out Bias Against Women in Construction

By James Fleming, MD at The Power Within Training   I’ll be honest with you; I’m writing this because I’ve had enough. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading through…
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Is It Time for an Executive Coach? 7 Signs You Might Be Ready (And What to Do Next)

By James Fleming, MD of The Power Within Training   I’ve worked with leaders in just about every situation you can imagine: scaling fast, firefighting daily crises, hitting plateaus, or dealing…
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Why We Ended Our 4-Day Working Week Trial (And What I Learned From It)

By James Fleming, Managing Director of The Power Within Training   A few months ago, I wrote about how we were starting a 4-day working week trial. I was genuinely…
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How to Overcome Decision Fatigue in Leadership

By James Fleming, Managing Director of The Power Within Training   It usually starts with a coffee. Strong, early, and hopeful. But then the pings begin. A client wants a…
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Out of Office, Still in Charge: Leading When You (Or Your Team) Are on Holiday

By James Fleming, Managing Director of The Power Within Training   Right, hands up if you’ve ever set your out-of-office on a Friday and thought, “This holiday will be different.…
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The Productivity Lie We’ve All Bought Into (and What to Do Instead)

By James Fleming, MD of The Power Within Training Your phone’s buzzing. Again. Slack’s pinging. Your team’s got “just a quick question.” Your inbox is sitting at 83 unread, and…
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10 Signs You’re Working In Your Business, Not On It

By James Fleming, MD at The Power Within Training   Let me start with a confession: I spent the first few years of running my business doing absolutely everything. Emails…
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Gaslighting, Gatekeeping, Girlbossing: Why That’s Not Leadership or Culture

By Enas Fleming, COO of The Power Within Training   There was a time, years ago, when I thought leadership had to look a certain way. You know the type.…
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Authenticity Is Messy: Why Being Yourself Is the Ultimate Leadership Power

Let me be straight with you from the start: I swear sometimes. Not loads. Not for effect. But if you’re from Wishaw (Scotland), like I am, it slips out when…
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Alan Clark on Sports and Leadership

What Sport Taught Me About Leadership

By Alan Clark, Director of Training & Development at The Power Within Training   What Sport Taught Me About Leadership (That a Textbook Never Came Close To)   Let’s be…
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Parents as Leaders: How My Dad Taught Me Everything About Self-Belief

By Olivia Fleming, Marketing Assistant at The Power Within Training   If you ever want to know what it’s like growing up with a mindset coach for a dad, let…
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Leadership Red Flags Nobody Talks About

Leadership Red Flags Nobody Talks About (But Your Team Definitely Notices)   We Don’t Mean To Be “That Boss”… But Sometimes We Are Let’s be honest, most of us don’t…
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Mindset Tools for Women in Construction That Work

By Nicky Thackray, Director of The Power Within HER and Coach of the Award-Winning Women in Leadership Programme   Let me guess. You’re holding it all together (just), wearing your…
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