It’s December 1st 2019. Happy Advent! I hope you enjoy the festivities and celebrations leading up to Christmas Day. For many of us, thoughts of the Christmas festival will have been with us for some time. For weeks now, we have seen Christmas cards and gifts in the shops, been tempted by family-size tins of
More and more I am struck by the benefits which the outdoor space can provide us. Here I consider how we might all enhance our lives by incorporating a little more outdoor working…
I have been working with individuals and teams for many years now and am surprised by the recurring patterns surrounding key challenges facing them. I thought I’d reflect these back to you and also invite you to reflect on your own situation.
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple” – Paolo Coelho I find myself often exploring the subject of motivation to explore an individual’s or team’s behaviours, drivers and performance but what was significant in a recent coaching conversation, was the wish on the part of the coachee
I was totally inspired by the recent Everest summit made by Ben Fogle and his challenge to us all “to find our Everest”, whatever that might be. Two years of preparation, setback after setback (losing your training partner, horrendous weather conditions, stories of other teams in trouble, failing oxygen equipment), the sacrifice of being away
If you want to improve your #leadership ability, you must first improve your #confidence level. Here’s my latest blog from Imaginate Development.
I hope it prompts some reflection…
Adventure and daring – evocative words, aren’t they? These are the words which stayed with me following a recent talk on “International Coaching” as part of International Coaching Week. The workshop was led by the highly experienced coach and facilitator, Marie O’Hara, who works in Lausanne, Switzerland.
When meeting recently a good Norwegian friend of mine, she shared her work and life goals for the year with me and blew me away with her commitment and ambition. A real inspiration to write about this very theme….
I held a robin this week. In the palm of my hand! It’s true! Unbelievable, I know, but it happened. Feel free to spend time with me over a “strategic latte” and I’ll fill you in on the story!
After having attended a recent coaching workshop and been reminded of the power of the Nancy Kline techniques and the thinking environment, my mind kept returning to one particular quote used by the facilitator on the day…