Should I take the job or stay where I am? Should I start the new project or is it too big for me to do alone? What’s the best way to figure out which decision to make – spend the budget or wait and see what things look like in a month? Sometimes the client … Read more
Towards the end of November last year, I took part in a Global Learning Summit run by my professional body, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). It was a bold venture – run over 24 hours with three time zones identified on the basis that different clusters of people would access different zones based … 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
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
It’s going to be a short post, this one. Over the last couple of months I have been experimenting with an exercise – to produce 30 blog posts over 30 days. I set out well – with a series of titles, I worked away at them, producing new material. After a few days, I was … Read more
The writing retreat is nearing the end, and I am really pleased to say that the first rough draft of “Insight Coaching” is completed. It will, of course, need work before it is ready to publish. If you are interested in how coaching can give deeper insights into the way we work, what we focus … Read more
Another in the series of posts in response to randomly selected titles: I’ve always had a strong sense of having awful handwriting ever since I learnt to write in primary school as a left hander. The teachers not only told me that my writing was awful, they also pointed out that this was probably because … Read more