Imagine the scenario, you’ve seen that I have published a book “Values Count”. You realised that it came out back in February of this year. You would love to read it – but you don’t want to buy it in paperback. Either you live outside the UK or you just love reading books in digital … Read more
Earlier in the week I mentioned that my new book has just been published and is available on Amazon. Here are the opening paragraphs from the Introduction: “It’s all about the money – that seems to be the measure by which everything is judged these days. Every day we hear about new scandals relating to … Read more
Yes, today is launch day. I’ve broken all of the rules. Apparently, the idea is to get ready for book launch – prepare all your social media, have pre-release copies ready to share with people to get reviews on Amazon. Did I do any of that? No, it took so long to get to this … Read more
This blog post is the opening words of the new book which I am writing this year. The book explores key coaching themes and reflections from my coaching practise… It had begun as a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, the sense that it would take just one simple little irritant to push me over the … Read more
There seems to be a general agreement that 2016 was an awful year for the planet and for the people in it. That doesn’t, of course, mean that it was bad for you and I – although some of the big national and global things that happened probably impacted how it turned out for each … Read more
It’s having the courage to push forwards with ideas even when the inner critic is screaming in your ear. And that voice is laughing at you. Oh, and asking you if you realise how ridiculous it is to pursue projects that will probably be seen by less than a hundred people. Oh, and many of … Read more
A Manifesto for Connectedness. We have in some ways moved vast distances since the early work on scientific management of FW Taylor at the beginning of the 20th Century, and yet in so many ways the workplace is still obsessed with scientific artifice, something that has been nurtured by the information revolution. In Taylor’s day … Read more
I wrote about our approach to Rehearsal Days here a while back. In one of our early days together I showed the TED Talk by Brené Brown called “The Power of Vulnerability” (27 million views and still counting). I knew it was a powerful talk and I knew that it was deeply inspiring. I also … Read more
In much of what we read there is one dominant narrative, whether it is the writer, the film director, the song writer or the journalist. Even the researcher will often create one dominant voice without realising that they are doing it. When I was studying for my PhD thesis back in the late 1990s, I … Read more
Question 1: What’s the real challenge for me here? Thanks to Michael Bungay Stanier for that question from his latest book, “The Coaching Habit”, which is a brilliant read. It’s a quiet time and I have a few minutes to think about this big awesome question. I’m spending too much time stuck in busy at … Read more