Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Navigating life's complexities more skilfully
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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This article from @BreneBrown is really thought provoking! It highlighted for me how much of the time we can be 'making up stories' about what is going on. This rarely helps us - but it is hard to resist the hardwiring within most of us to tell a story rather than look at the facts. …
So many people find it hard to #sayno - feeling it makes them a lesser person, a rude, inconsiderate, selfish friend and colleague. Is this ringing true? Right now, a few of my #coaching clients are finding this a real issue - how can they be both helpful and focussed? Over time this can lead …
Provocative idea from @ThisisSethsBlog! Why in a row is it always the other person who is being unreasonable and provocative? Conflict does strange things to us and it can be hard to look at things through the others eyes. But it's often worthwhile...
Great point from @ThisisSethsBlog. I'm not a fan of 'believe in yourself' 'pull yourself together' 'think rationally'. When you are in a funk its hard to 'just' think differently. But doing different things, every day make a difference. Doing work that matters. Doing things that you enjoy Spending time with people who put a smile …
Our behaviour affects others and their behaviour affects us. Obvious when you look at it this way! When you are in the middle of a disagreement how often do you pause and wonder what your part in this is? Were you having a bad day and setting the scene for a disagreement? If you want to …
Leadership takes courage - day in and day out. Change and learning takes courage. Making a difference takes courage. But it can be lonely, daunting and tiring. Try these inspiring thoughts from David Whyte COURAGE is a word that tempts us to think outwardly, to run bravely against opposing fire, to do something under besieging …
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