Everyone’s a Coach these days
A few weeks ago, I bumped into a former colleague. When he asked what I was up to, I replied: “I’m a Coach.” I could almost…
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The Great Training Robbery
Nine years ago, a study in the Harvard Business Review highlighted an inconvenient truth: despite billions spent on leadership training each year, most programmes fail to…
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Improvisation = better outcomes
I’ll bet that if you turned up at work today & were told that you were going to be spending half a day with a highly…
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Playfulness gets results
The more serious the world of work becomes of late, the more serious it feels we need to be… I am not advocating that we all…
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The Nocebo Effect
Most of us have heard of the ‘placebo effect’ — when people’s health improves even after receiving a fake treatment… Less well known is its…
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Negative Capability
Strange topic for someone who claims to help in ‘Building Capability & Enabling Change’… Well, the ‘negative capability’ to which I refer has been around…
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Stop looking for silver bullets…they don’t exist!
It troubles me (maybe it shouldn’t) that when organisations do decide to invest in the development of their leaders, that the initiative can often be seen…
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ICF Accreditation
I have mentioned before about how much I love a badge or a certificate, so to get both in the same month for two different things…
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‘Thrive & Grow’ at Work
If just 9% of employees are engaged or enthusiastic about their work, 55% of working days lost each year are due to work-related ill health &…
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Podcast: The Coaching Lens – Episode 6: Rupert Newman – It’s the ‘ER’ That’s Important!
🎙️ Now streaming on Buzzsprout – 27 mins of insight and inspiration In the latest episode of The Coaching Lens, host Alan welcomes Rupert Newman, founder…
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Getting out of your own way
Let’s talk about self-promotion… I’ve had a number of great conversations of late with super talented people who are considering their next career move away from…
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Simplicity is often found just the other side of complexity…
Life running a business whatever the size is tough – but at the moment it feels particularly so for those who find themselves in charge. When…
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