A friend shared with me their difficulties over reflection – something they wanted to do to aid their learning, but something that was proving difficult for them to achieve. I could empathise. Coming to understand the importance of reflection was a long journey for me – from studies, to yoga, to meditation, to mindfulness, to coaching. And… Read More Seeing it clearly . . .
Back to the shop floor, back to basics, roll back the clock, back in time . . . what opportunities do you have to revisit an aspect of your work that you once did when you were first learning it, and in doing so, to help a novice to learn? And in doing so, rediscovering… Read More Through a mirror clearly . . .
A new job and the change that forced led me recently to examine my coaching practices, to adapt what I’d already done for years to a new context, and to reflect on what I wanted to achieve. The truth? Familiarity with my old job and its people had cosseted me (gratefully) inside a very happy and… Read More Outside the bubble . . .
On the same day that I read an article suggesting that trying to create an image of perfection is a sign of being a bad boss, I came across a most wonderful example of a good one. After a moment of quiet reflection, a leader who I much admire sent a handwritten note to their… Read More Good leaders . . .
# 3 in a series of 10 weekly 10 minute challenges Imagine if you allowed yourself just 10 minutes in each and every day to think about you Just 10 minutes of quiet time, of reflection, of focus. Not much is it? Imagine what you might achieve, and how you might feel Print it out, cut it out,… Read More Monday morning 10 minute challenge, # 3
Working with a group of first line managers last week reminded me that good leadership development is as much about learning something new as it is about reaffirming that what you’re already doing is fine. This is especially true of many people I work with who are all so genuinely modest that they sometimes forget to… Read More 10 minutes of me time . . .
A good friend often talks to me about her consequence management approach to colleagues in her private industry world. Acknowledging that this might be less easy to do in public sector, where the outcome of your action, your performance, might not mean the difference between a year-end bonus or none, I still think there’s… Read More Consequences . . .
If only I’d been any good at maths, I might have been a scientist. But I wasn’t, and I’m not. So when the world of popular science opened up a few years ago, I devoured what was being written by a range of very patient authors who gave more than a nod to people like… Read More Back to basics . . .
No. 6 in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close.
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