Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Navigating life's complexities more skilfully
Over the last few months I've been lucky enough to work with individuals who are starting a new role - one internal promotion and one fresh to the organisation. I say lucky because it has been a super recap on what is helpful at the start of a new role. It's been interesting to see …
Continue reading "First 90 days as a leader – leading vs doing"
Most of us are under attack - from part of ourselves. The old adage 'you are your own worst enemy' really is true. As we become more aware of the part of us that acts as judge and jury it really can be unpleasant - we wouldn't accept friends or family talking to us this …
What does it take for you to take on board a new habit? To stick to a new gym routine, to journal daily? To walk a little further? A lot right? A lot of commitment and a lot of daily practice and when you fall off, you dust yourself down and start all over again. …
As senior leaders and managers with all our big thoughts and strategies (!), as we design change it is so easy to forget the human angle. What I'm trying to say is that it is really easy to forget how hard we personally, as individuals find change. Just look at all those intentions to exercise …
Interesting work from HBR building on the research already done into developing an approach to the world based on gratitude. Apparently, spending as little as 5 minutes a day thinking about what went well - and importantly why builds an improvement in morale and confidence. Worth a try? https://hbr.org/2015/09/the-powerful-effect-of-noticing-good-things-at-work I know some of my coaching …
Simple question to ask yourself once a week to help yourself get going in the right direction!
I love this poem and the questions it encourages us to ask ourselves. What would you leave in Paris? Who is your friend who would say "See Paris first"? #Coaching can be a great resource to get to know how you could be holding yourself back. See Paris First by M Marshall Cooper Suppose that …
I know its tough... you are really annoyed... someone is trying to pull a fast move... blame your team... Whatever it is don't rush in to attack - you want to get your point across - not explode - no matter how unreasonable they've been. This article helps you prepare, think through your approach and …
Continue reading "How to Make Sure You’re Heard in a Difficult Conversation"
Wow. This HBR article really is a great example of how you can work with your teams to get inspired, to make a difference. If an accountancy firm can do it - what is holding you back?
So much of the orthodoxy surrounding leading change projects talks about engaging staff in decision-making. In my experience, that is only partially true. Badly done engagement causes just as many problems as good engagement. I've seen large-scale engagement where young people were given a blank sheet of paper and asked what they wanted their new youth …
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