In reviewing my coaching practise recently, I thought it would be helpful to capture all of the organisations I have worked in to deliver coaching. I was surprised to find that I have worked for in excess of 20 organisations. Follow this link to see the list. To date I have mainly worked in the … Read more
This is the sixth post in the series on Core Values in the workplace. In it I talk about the fifth value. The next post in this series will describe the final value. There will then be an 8th post with some conclusions. If this series has been of interest, you may be interested to … Read more
Sometimes the solution is right there, in front of me. I can’t see it, because I am looking beyond into mid-distance at all the challenges and difficulties. Right under my nose is the person who can help. At times when it all looks too huge, too overwhelming to achieve anything, that is when the support … Read more
I’m travelling with work – on a train, using the time productively looking at videos and catching up with online reading. Thinking about a quote from Benjamin Zander: “My job is to awaken possibility in others” In that quote is a real tension in the role of leadership. How to ensure that the possibility of … Read more
… And so we reach the 5th of 8 posts about Core Values in the workplace. So far, we have looked at the values of Altruism, Integrity and Co-Creation. This post looks at Inclusivity. From the first Impact Report on our work, there was the recognition that ensuring people are involved and included is a … Read more
Seth’s Blog: Gripped in a free frenzy (or focused on scarcity and value). This post begins with a link to a short piece on Seth Godin’s blog. I’ve been reading him for years now – online and the books he produces. In this post he is talking about the problem with free. Now, this is … Read more
Over the past few months I have been experimenting with music and sounds to see if I can make backing tracks over which I can then record a poem. The poems I am using are from a sequence I am still writing about a character called Blue. I have been writing about this character for … Read more
This is the fourth post in a series of eight, looking at Core Values in the workplace. The first post was a general introduction explaining where the core values of the team that I lead were derived from. In the last two posts I described the core values of Altruism and Integrity. Here I will … Read more
This is the third post in a series of eight, looking at Core Values in the workplace. The first post was a general introduction explaining where the core values were derived from. In the last post I described the first core value of Altruism. Here I will look at the role of Integrity. As before, … Read more
In the last blog post I talked about the work I have been leading over the last few years and the way in which this has been underpinned by a set of core values. I also referred to two reports that we commissioned which looked at the impact of our work. As part of that … Read more