“Retaining the ability to stay calm and collected can at times be hard … one hallmark of leadership in such a fast-moving world is allowing sufficient room for which can enable deeper consideration of how challenges and opportunities can be best addressed.” Queen Elizabeth II, July 2016
John Robert Wooden (1910-2010) had an amazing career as a basketball player and coach, and was renowned for his short, inspirational messages to his players, not just about basketball, but about how to be a success in life. He retired at the age of 64, though in 2004, at the age of 93, said that he wouldn’t mind… Read More Me, me, me?
I suppose it was inevitable that eventually I’d post a Richard Branson quote. A friend was thinking of me one day recently and thought enough about me to share these rather lovely words . . .
Last year, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the excellent, Networking Nation (still available), presented by Julia Hobsbawm OBE. In 5, 15-minute episodes, Ms Hobsbawm encouraged us to think about what networking means. I’m intrigued by brilliant networking. I think we should all do more of it (see Around my kitchen table (04 October 2015) and yesterday’s Note… Read More Collide with the unexpected . . .
Ages ago, I heard someone say . . . “I don’t think the universe should be set up to accommodate my personal preferences” I wish I’d made a note of who said it. I’ve kept it ever since as a reminder of a rather lovely, modest commentary. An opportunity to remember that there are others… Read More You’ll LOVE this . . .
I have a very simple technique I use with people who seem to be stuck. Maybe they’re holding on to something they need to let go of Perhaps they can’t imagine what their future might look like Sometimes they have a self-limiting belief that seems to be derailing them 3 simple questions: For the more… Read More What’s stopping you?
Coaching is not new, modern or unknown; it’s simply a helping activity, used as one of many complementary practices for organisational development. When asked, “how do you develop your team?” the stock response of “I send them on training courses” is typical within cultures where people have for years been trained rather than developed. And it’s been… Read More The added value that is coaching . . .
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