Over the last two months I have become much clearer about the overall structure of the book series that I am writing. Called, The Concepts Series, it draws on my working experiences and the lifelong learning that I have been engaged in. This blog post describes my current thinking about the through-line of these books. … Read more
Radio Silence is established just before an attack to ensure that the enemy doesn’t detect you and counter-attack first. I’ve been in radio silence on this blog since August. The last post described some of the manuscripts and rough ideas I was working with at the time as I homed in on the new book, … Read more
The book “Insight Coaching” has been out a couple of weeks now. I’m turning my attention to the next writing project. At the moment, it’s not settled. I always go through a phase where I am drifting between a few different projects – new ideas, half written ones and previously abandoned ones. I’m a firm … Read more
This is a really quick update as the box in the photo has just arrived and I am just about to facilitate a Zoom call which will take up the next couple of hours or so. Today, after several weeks of amends and last minute edits, the new book arrived in a box. The first … Read more
Just a quick update to let you know that you can now pre-order “Insight Coaching” here on the website. It will be available on Amazon in a week or so. For now, if you are keen to order a copy, follow this link and place an order. Thanks for reading this, and have a great … Read more
There’s a British TV series from the 1970s called Dad’s Army. It depicted a group of men who formed the Home Guard during the Second World War. They served to protect communities whilst so many men were away at war. It was a really funny comedy with strongly depicted characters. Two of these characters came … Read more
My team has a day blocked out every 6 weeks or so for what would traditionally be called an away day. We call them Rehearsal Days and the aim is to be creative, innovative, to generate new ideas, to provoke. We’ve been doing this for a few years now, and as often happens with novel … Read more
It has been a long time in preparation maybe two years from the initial idea. I’ve had the challenges of resistance and losing momentum. Seth Godin talks about the importance of shipping material and not holding back (this man has blogged every day for years and years now!) And Steven Pressfield really does understand what … Read more
My first efforts at coaching go back 15 years when I was approached by someone to coach them. At the time, I had been mentoring people for a while, but wasn’t a coach. I pointed that out to her – she was really persuasive that she wanted to be coached by me. She pointed out … Read more
To take hold and pick the moment,To wait as though it was the first moment before an exam,To hold the breath and never let it go. Even in those moments of panic, when the smog clearsAnd we see this pandemic for what it is, a reset,A discharge of all the poison from the world. It’s … Read more