Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Navigating life's complexities more skilfully
We humans like to think we are super rational and our behaviour is really pretty sensible and pretty reasonable. Does that ring true? Unfortunately, in the last few years research has shown that we are less logical that we'd like to think and that more of our responses are automatic rather than carefully planned. Often …
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 …
Is the part of you that judges every single thing you do drowning out any positive feedback that comes your way? Great perspective from Seth's Blog: Self talk. @SethGodinBlog #coaching
A lovely article from Justin Wise on how we categorise the stages of our life can be so limiting. We forget that learning something new can feel like we've lost our way or we are completely failing. Beating ourselves up this way doesn't help us learn new skills, try a new way of responding to …
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In business we are often encouraged to follow the facts. I love facts,, but sometimes your instinct is just as important. What would you do today if you trusted your instinct? Thank you to Great Work Procation for the thought.
What a lovely idea. When there is just too much on we can naturally revert to building walls to keep the change at bay. But whilst walls can keep things out, they also keep us in. The power from a windmill can create energy and opportunity.
How often do you read a book, get some great insight, attend a course and feel inspired for it all to dwindle on first contact with work or your day to day relationships? If you are anything like me this will happen all too often. Why not try less reading, fewer podcasts, less self development …
Much of leadership is about learning more about ourselves, our strengths and how we relate to others. We can't do this without slowing down and I think this is a lovely poem from Pablo Neruda to provide inspiration. KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For …
Influencing is such a large part of leadership roles - influencing on the future direction or your team and organisation, influencing your colleagues, influencing your team members. Yet, when we are up against it we revert to habitual ways of communicating - not matter what the circumstance or audience. This great article from Ashridge can …
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