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Let it be easy..26-07-2011
Most of the work I do seem to come down to the same thing - it is all about leadership. About the changes people make to become better leaders, about the way organisations work that require
Inspiration runs two ways30-03-2011
I just came off Skype after working with one of my most inspirational coachees. A coachee is someone you coach. And this guy is proof that inspiration truly runs two ways.
I have been coaching him for a long time - 18 months - and we have been on a real journey together. Today, he started out by saying that he really didn't know what we should work on, and that he had learned that I would inevitably ask him exactly the questions that he most needed to ask. So I did. As alway Power communication1 Comments 04-02-2011
I woke up this morning with my cat purring at me. Not gently next to me, no purring AT me... I knew exactly what he wanted. Food. At 4AM. Now. Please. Can't Wait, he said... Am Hungry, he said...Am Old and Pitiful, he claimed when I didn't stir...May DIE Soon, he moaned...And as usual, that got me up.
Now, if you don't have a cat, you might be thinking that I have lost the plot, but if you do - you are probably smiling and nodding at this point. Because cats communicate. Helping? Or saying no?1 Comments 14-01-2011
It is all about boundaries...
We get used to situations where we automatically set boundaries in our lives. We don't even think about them, and neither do the people we interact with on a regular basis. The challenge comes as we change and grow and as our priorities change and grow.
A classical example is when we are given new responsibilities in our job or our private life. A new project - or a new partner, maybe even a child - changes what is i Using the right words24-12-2010
One of the important parts of NLP that is immediately useful in everyday life, is realising that the words people use, demonstrates / shows / tells you / gives you a feel for what their preferred style of communication is. We experience the world around us using our 5 senses and then make sense of it in our heads by talking to ourselves. However, with time most people use one of the senses more than the others, and that is reflected with the words they choos What we can learn from the weather19-12-2010
I just spent 30 minutes listening to BBC News interviewing people who are caught in traffic, airports and at train terminals courtesy of the snow. Interestingly, the one thing they all complained about was the lack of information. The uncertainty. The not knowing. The not being able to plan.
This is key information for leaders everywhere, because it is a characteristic of human nature. We need to know. Or we need to not know at all. The in between is a s The funny word ... coaching17-12-2010
I do think coaching is a funny word. I mean, think about it. Coach comes from French coche after Kocs, the Hungarian town where closed, horse drawn carriages were first made. So - how did a word for a vehicle become something we DO? I guess you could argue that there is sense in it, however. After all, coaching is all about helping people get to where they want to go. And it is about getting them there safely, so they are 'intact' and relatively comfortable no ma 1
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