How can a simple gesture give work more purpose? 1. Send a note: This past week I received two thank you notes from clients – one from a leadership coaching
Which Witch Will YOU Stop Ducking? Last week I saw a wonderful post on Facebook (from @KarlyWhitaker) that read: “Who knows why we were taught to fear the witches,and not
(…or how to stop hating your co-workers) Sometimes it happens like this: you’re merrily going about your work, nothing remarkable has happened, then boom! You read an email from a
Are short sellers short-sighted? Are Robin Hood investors right? Should we be worried about shares, futures and our shared future? I have a number of High Net Worth and Financial
Just as the Molotov cocktails burned themselves out on the streets of Hong Kong, the Covid-19 virus set the streets alight with fear. Clients put emergency protocols in place, events
… And so we enter the Chinese New Year of the Pig. The Year of the Earth Pig, in fact. Kung Hei Fat Choy! Gong Xie Fa Cai! When I think of
As one year draws to a festive close and a new year opens before us, we wish each other health, happiness, family and fellowship… Those things are on my mind
How to see your colleagues more clearly, so you can lead and develop them more effectively. “Sawubona” is a Swahili greeting that means, “I see you”. I wish every workplace I
How to turn a “geeky expert” into a “people-person”… “That guy may be an expert but he’s not a people-person! Last week he lost us a massive opportunity because he
Innovative approaches to learning & development. In the first few minutes of a recent ‘Influencing Skills’ workshop, I invited a lady to stand up and tell a short story
Top Tips for Dealing with What Work (and life!) Throw Your Way Practising GratitudeI am generally not good at habits. I enjoy variety and spontaneity too much. But most nights
(Is there a better way to navigate through tricky transitions?) I’ve recently returned from the UK, where I dropped my firstborn child – now an adult of 18 years old
Aren’t the summer holidays a marvellous idea? Holidays feel like a chance to “unfold my brain”. Instead of working in a tight, pressured ball, my head gets aired out —
Can we fly into the future today? I am an unabashed Harry Potter fan. In The Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter suddenly finds that he can no longer run through the
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it,” said Henry David Thoreau. An understanding of human character strengths can help ensure we spend our lives more
How can we rethink growth from the Covid crisis? Year-on-Year Dramatic Difference fell off a bit of a cliff in Q1 2020. Normally I’d be embarrassed to say that publicly,
How can managers keep coaching quick and simple? There are many clever and complex frameworks for coaching. A Google search for “Executive Coaching models” yields over 38 million results. But even the
Coaching through the crisis — what helps? May 4-10 is International Coaching Week. We’ll be sharing a variety of tools and techniques with you throughout the week. I’ve spent the past
When I first studied counseling skills, the course ended with our group of students and teachers going on a weekend retreat. While there we each had to create and share our
Discover your sense of ‘flow’ and avoid ‘running on empty’. Sometimes, when I was a kid, dad would make birthday/Christmas gifts for me in his shed. He trained as an
Have Millenials and Generation Z got it right? They’re asking for human-scale connection, trust and creativity in their work and workplaces. The challenge is how to provide that in today’s
How to see your colleagues more clearly, so you can lead and develop them more effectively. 2018: Walking the talk – new learning for a new year… Do you
