The model which follows was developed in a coaching session with a client who was experiencing a process of massive change for the organisation that she was leading. At these times it is often difficult to see ‘the wood for the trees’. One can easily feel overwhelmed with the volume of work that needs … Read more
OK, so you have a crisis on your hands. And then that is followed with another crisis. You are really clear that the challenge for you above everything else is to find a way to avoid feeling sorry for yourself. Finding a way to ensure that you don’t start to look for as many things … Read more
So we all find it difficult at times to apply ourselves to the things that need doing, when there are lots of things that don’t need doing, but we want to do because they are fun! This morning I was supposed to be settling to the redrafting of the new book which I feel like … Read more
Over the coming weeks I will be posting excerpts from a new booklet which I am working on. Called ‘The Coaching 30’ it will be available as a pdf downloadable file with 30 sections, each giving a tip or suggestion which I use in my coaching practise. Some of these tips will be ideas which … Read more
Archetypal Descriptors are evident in the work of Handy, Morgan and Neville & Dalmau. In most cases a formal mythological framework is used. Most commonly this tends to be Greek Mythology, since this is a symbolic structure with a wide currency. Having set out the limits to the approaches already developed in this area, the … Read more
The brain works best when it has a pattern to recognise. When we are young this is how we multiply the capacity to learn. Rather than seeing everything as fresh and having to decode it, we search through our neurone connections for something that resembles what we are seeing. So, when we see a dog, … Read more
The key to great biography work as part of a process of self-development is to ask great questions. A few years ago I met Rennie Fritchie who shared with me the ideas she had about Biography Work. She published on this. I tried the exercise which focused on 9 key questions – and the results … Read more
Active Living Dispositions Archetypes, as they manifest themselves in organisations, are not illusory qualities; they are not some apocryphal acts of the imagination. They have a reality and substance in the greater community of the people who comprise the organisation. They are active living dispositions which impact on our everyday life. Let us stop for … Read more
What do I mean by ‘Reflective Practise’? This is the regular habit of asking yourself questions about how you are going about your work, your daily habits of living. Finding the opportunity to step back, and take a critical (but positive) look at what is working, what is not working, and what the key learning points … Read more
BUGS & BUZZES – an ice-breaker exercise for a group meeting. What it does This is a great warm-up exercise for the beginning of a group meeting. It can also be used in a one-to-one situation. In a group, it will change the atmosphere in the room and create a co-operative energy to prepare for … Read more