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December 19, 2022 · coaching and communication
I am currently reading, enjoying (and learning from) Change Their Mind by Simon Horton, which I ...
June 27, 2022 · coaching and communication
When training coaching skills, whether to managers, leaders, advisors and others in organisations...
April 8, 2022 · coaching and communication
A Shift in Perspective  In life it can be so easy to get bogged down in the everyday challenges...
January 14, 2022 · coaching and communication
Despite working as a leadership coach and trainer for the past 14 years, I have a guilty secret....
November 23, 2021 · coaching and communication
  When you coach, or use a coaching style to lead and manage people, how often do you stop to...
September 17, 2021 · coaching and communication
Changes in the coaching market continue apace (The two-hour coaching session’s a thing of the...
April 14, 2021 · coaching and communication
Being more productive – and influencing others to be so – is something many of us strive to do....
April 4, 2021 · coaching and communication
 Empowering, delegating and supporting your team members to learn, take on more responsibility...
December 18, 2020 · coaching and communication
In these challenging times how do we stay energised and enthused about work, job searches,...
August 28, 2020 · coaching and communication
Coaching in an organisational context has evolved and developed in many ways over the last two...
August 3, 2019 · Five-Minute Coach tips
A question I am sometimes asked is ‘In what coaching scenarios shouldn’t I use the Five-Minute...
May 14, 2019 · coaching and communication
When thoughts and feelings are expressed through words, what’s revealed is often a whole lot more...
May 12, 2019 · coaching and communication
In many sectors career paths are not as clear as they once were. Organisations are flatter and...
May 11, 2018 · Five-Minute Coach tips
We have all been in meetings where we didn’t feel engaged. Maybe we weren’t listened to, or quite...
October 20, 2017 · coaching and communication
So often in life when conversations come to a halt, people hold a tension around the resulting...
July 7, 2017 · Five-Minute Coach tips
Bringing a coaching style into our conversations is easy to do and can be very impactful. Using...
June 4, 2017 · Five-Minute Coach tips
Unless you have a photographic memory, you'll need to write down the words of your coachee when...
April 5, 2017 · coaching and communication
One very powerful, often underused leadership skill essential for meaningful and useful...
March 6, 2017 · Five-Minute Coach tips
Changing the tense of a coachee's desired outcome Although it’s generally important to use the...
February 28, 2017 · Five-Minute Coach tips
 Our eyes tell a story. Some say that eyes are windows to the soul. They certainly play a...