Category: coaching
Day after day after day . . .
Someone shared with me the other day that they felt it was their role as a coach to pay exquisite attention to the person they were coaching. And you won’t ever find me arguing against this. It’s so true. But it made me think that paying exquisite attention is such a wonderful notion that it shouldn’t be restricted only to coaching. So I’m… Read More Day after day after day . . .
Sounding your smartest . . .
Vocal cues, reading aloud, phone conversations and in-person visits . . . apparently all ways to sound smarter than you might appear by only sending an email. Read Matt Richtel’s summary of The Sound of Intellect, research findings from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business: The Mouth Is Mightier Than The Pen.
10 x 10 . . .
I’ve been asked to re-share my Monday Morning 10 Minute Challenge cards, this time together in one post. So, here they are. Print them off, cut them out and use them for yourself, or for your team, over the next 10 Mondays, and then reflect on how far you/they have come/what’s changed. Enjoy.
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Nottinghamshire Police Officers recently saved the life of a man who had fallen into the River Trent. Speaking after the incident, one of the rescuers, PC James Patterson, said that it was “one of those rare moments where you actually look in the mirror and think ‘well done you’”. I’ll say it was! How wonderful… Read More Here, here …
Making your contribution . . .
Watching the BBC’s Who do you think you are, I was taken with a statement the episode’s subject, Sir Ian McKellen made about some of the people he discovered in his search: “They’ve done talented things. And part of the world, not loners.” That thought. That we contribute to the world by not being a… Read More Making your contribution . . .
Feed me …
Why we should never make important decisions on an empty stomach … https://www.newscientist.com/article/2119406-being-hangry-exists-why-a-lack-of-food-can-change-your-mood/
A fair call . . .
“Unless you are happy with who you are, you cannot excel and be the best you can be at whatever you are doing. You cannot enjoy life if you are not happy within yourself.” Nigel Owens, 2017
A simple tale . . .
A friend told a story about the “coffee man” – someone he’d previously worked with whose sole job was to take round tea and coffee (those were the days!) to his colleagues. And what had always stayed with my friend was how well this guy did his job. He excelled at what he did. Simple,… Read More A simple tale . . .
Make or break . . .
Adrian Furnham PhD asks whether setbacks and failures make or break you. Well worth a read – The Benefits of Adversity (18 November 2016).
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