Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Navigating life's complexities more skilfully
I've had a few interesting conversations recently with coaching and consultancy clients about being 'authentic' to themselves. I learnt a lot from these conversations - in many of these instances it was more about needing to try out new skills such as presenting or to use a more engaging or coaching style with their teams …
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I saw this in Do the Work by Steven Pressfield. I know a few people who think they procrastinate too much or wait for the perfect solution. How about this for inspiration? Don't prepare, begin. Remember, lack of preparation is not the enemy; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the state of …
I saw this post recently from @tarasophia and found it quite shocking. Here is the quote that grabbed me: "When researchers gave women and men a short quiz that tested their financial literacy, men did better. Not too shocking, right? Men are exposed to more informal financial education, and they are encouraged to learn about …
If you've got something you'd love to do, it can seem like you have to get it all right, perfectly ready, 100% complete and confident before you can do it. In my experience this normally means that you are never ready to give it a try. This makes a lot of sense - this thing …
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# executivecoaching This quote applies to so many situations! I've rarely found that there is a single solution to reduce your stress, increase your happiness or satisfaction. Instead, there are many small steps that slowly and persistently take us toward a different future. Small steps give us a chance movement, change, shift and a satisfying opportunity to …
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 …
In taking on leadership roles we often have to build new habits - change how we approach 121s, new ways of engaging larger groups of people, listening more, finding ways to challenge more. As a very intermittent runner I know how hard new habits can be - not least because it can be pretty tricky …
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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OK... I confess... I can't catch or throw. There I said it. Last time I tried throwing a stone on the beach it went 45 degrees off course. Not the worst confession ever - but I realised recently it is part of how I define myself. Then, when challenged to prove it - I did …
I was with a client recently working on a conversation which had snowballed into a thorough disagreement. Like all tough conversations it had come out of the blue. Having looked at it from different perspectives she felt that there was a good chance that it could kick off again and wanted to talk about handling …
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