I really like this thought from @boxofcrayons. We might talk about our career plans, business goals, holiday dreams - but what about what sort of person you want to be? Sometimes we've fallen into bad habits or become overwhelmed by stress and we look and think - "this isn't me", "this isn't the person I want to …
How Mindfulness Improves Executive Coaching
Many coaching clients want to change how they respond to certain situations. It could be that they don't say what they think in meetings or at the other extreme that they dominate conversations; that they say yes to everything or not to all opportunities and changes; that they are avoiding conflict or getting into disagreements …
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The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Many people I work with find it difficult at times to create accountability in their teams and this often either leads to conflict, micro-management or refusing to delegate work in the future. Accountability isn't talked about enough within teams or training. If you are struggling with establishing and maintaining accountability try reading this super HBR …
The one thing that will change everything
Talking with a colleague recently they told me that if they only had better support everything would be better... At that moment in time it was a powerful story - but, do you know what - it just isn't true. We often dream that a new car/job/boss/partner/PA/home will make everything better. These things won't lead to …
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First 90 days as a leader – leading vs doing
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 …
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How Groundhog Day changed my life
This article made my day! I particularly agree with the 'practice' angle - why do we think that we can learn a new skill as if by magic? Why do we imagine we can read a book and magically learn a new skill? I don't think we learnt to ride the bike that way!? …
Have you got to know your inner critic?
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 …
Ease up…..
In the race to improve, be a better person, be more compassionate, less angry we can end up beating ourselves with a big stick. I must be this... I must be that.... Sometimes lets ease up. Let's notice how amazing we already are. As we start to notice what we are already good at, maybe …
Does ‘gratitude’ work at work as well?
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 …
What can I do when an argument gets heated?
So many of us avoid #conflict at work, or get drawn in and before we know it there is a row going on. Quickly, neither 'side' is listening to each other and any hope of finding a good solution is long gone. Worse, the cycle settles in - whatever tactic - avoidance or rowing becomes …
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