I went to London for a conference. Overnight, in a hotel by myself, I was a stranger in this big city. Venturing out after dark to find a corner shop (do they have those in London?) I stumbled upon a well-known supermarket chain (coincidentally on a corner – proof, they do exist). There was some… Read More The kindness of strangers . . .
I was lucky enough to be part of hosting a truly collaborative day at work recently, and some brilliant work took place between internal and external learning and coaching professionals. I floated home on such a high: the experience had entirely ticked all my need-for-positivity boxes and panglossian tendencies. In the middle of it all,… Read More The more the merrier . . .
Someone I know had been struggling with life. And while I’d heard their stories many times before, I didn’t have a good working knowledge of the particular issue they were living with. So I made an effort to find out a little more about what they were facing. It took me a little bit of time over… Read More Input and output . . .
Oh, the joys of starting a new job. The finding out, the fitting in, the euphoria that serves to blind in those first few heady weeks, lulling you perhaps into a conscious incompetence as you take baby steps daily to establish your position and to learn how it all works: just what is the way… Read More Getting to know you . . .
Someone told me of an article they’d read where the author described her approach to a happy marriage: she hated her husband for just 10 minutes each day. She put into that 10 minutes all the niggles, frustration, anger, argument . . . anything that was bothering her. (And hey, some days she didn’t use… Read More You do the sums . . .
I was reminded of a recent blog (The Bawtry Monolith) . . . A friend who knows a thing or two about working in industry, business and particularly in HR during a glittering international career, confessed to being surprised how much their relationship with a peer had improved once they’d met him face to face. What… Read More It’s good to . . .
Watching an internationally famous football manager and his Number 2 week after week – let’s call them LVG and RG for complete anonymity – I’m intrigued by the body language they give out when sitting next to each other on the bench. In truth there’s not much going on at all . . . they… Read More Getting the job done . . .
You may be familiar with the term “allowable weakness” from the wonderful work Dr Meredith Belbin has done on team roles. And in the context of Dr Belbin’s work, the concept is one of strength in one area being at the cost of what might be seen as a weakness elsewhere. I know… Read More Relationships . . .
No. 7 in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close.
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