Stories of Everyday Micro-Pauses
Research, tools and anecdotes from our network of like-minded leaders to help you navigate those moments that matter.
3 simple steps so your team not only navigates uncertainty but thrives in it...
Mar 13, 2025
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1. Create Psychological Safety
The best ideas won’t surface if people don’t feel safe to share them. Research by Edmondson (1999) found that teams with high psychological safety perform better, take ...
Top 5 Strategies and Resources to Help Managers Turn Stress into Strength.
Mar 13, 2025
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At Go Slow to Go Fast we know that stepping into a leadership role can be overwhelming, but managing stress effectively is key to success. We want to help new managers navigate workplace stress using ...
How to transform stress into resilience! Every new manager needs to read this!
Mar 13, 2025
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How to transform stress into resilience! Every new manager needs to read this!
Stepping into a leadership role is both exciting and challenging. One of the biggest hurdles for new managers is learnin...
List of Needs
Feb 27, 2024
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I found this 'What Do We Need' list left on a whiteboard in a meeting room.
Structure
Trust
Freedom
Patience
Info
Reassurance
Praise
Direction
My first thought was, 'isn't this list something all teams and ind...
Structure
Trust
Freedom
Patience
Info
Reassurance
Praise
Direction
My first thought was, 'isn't this list something all teams and ind...
Create space for managing
Feb 01, 2024
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If you’ve recently been promoted into your first management role then you are probably already missing the days when you could focus solely on your own tasks, tasks you really loved and enjoyed, witho...
We understand
Jan 30, 2024
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"We understand that leadership can be lonely" says Go Slow to Go Fast Co-Founder Hazel.
Watch to hear why. Join in our community of like-minder managers to get the support you deserve.
It's not good enough
Jan 26, 2024
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“I feel whatever I do isn’t good enough”. This was from an experienced manager in one of my training workshops recently.
Other managers, newly promoted and seasoned leaders together, started to op...
Tips for Effective Delegation
Jan 24, 2024
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Delegating effectively is the managerial equivalent of parallel parking: getting it right the first time is hard, everyone has an opinion on how you should be doing it and it’s rarely perfect once you...
Actively disengaged
Jan 12, 2024
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On Monday Evelyn, 6, sat down outside her house and, with big wet tears rolling down her face, refused to move.
We’d just left our house for the morning dog walk and seen our neighbour (Evelyn’s mum) ...
We’d just left our house for the morning dog walk and seen our neighbour (Evelyn’s mum) ...
Part of a team
Nov 24, 2023
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It’s easy to be carried by the strong narrative that makes heroes of the best players, legends of the winners, and gods of the person with the vision, the leader.
Movies, books, documentaries, and...
Which challenge would you start with?
Nov 17, 2023
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I remember when I was a Creative Director leading a team of 20, that I would work so many hours I would miss many bedtime routines with my kids. And way too many morning breakfasts and morning kisses....
Day in, Day Out
Nov 10, 2023
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As Albert Einstein noted... "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results".
As a manager, how often do you find you and your team struggling with the same issues day i...
As a manager, how often do you find you and your team struggling with the same issues day i...