Social Media – For Good or Ill?
It’s been three months now since I committed to launching myself fully into the social media world. I am blogging, tweeting, posting, and linking like a good ‘un and making some great connections ….....
View ArticleDaniel Goleman – Why aren’t we all Good Samaritans
I wonder if Daniel Goleman would share my concerns about the potential impact of social media on relationships. If you can spare 13 mins.(re-assure your boss it is for personal/professional...
View ArticleWhat is an engaged relationship?
In his blog of 12th April, Jon Gordon talks about the importance of building engaged relationships in order to build winning teams and businesses. He says: “When you make the time to engage people and...
View ArticlePart 3 of 4 – How Do I Bring out the Best in my “Steady Eddy” Particularly...
Who do you know who is patient, steady, loyal and a good team worker? They co-ordinate their work well with others and you know they will complete their tasks in a systematic and methodical way. They...
View ArticleThe Joy of Journaling
One of the most effective coaching tools “out there” is the personal journal. It’s not new. People have kept diaries and daily journals for centuries, but it is now being used to great effect as a way...
View ArticleEffective Coaching…
If coaching is so effective why don’t managers do more of it? When I run coaching programmes for managers they often arrive “bought in” to the idea of coaching. These days they don’t need convincing...
View ArticleHow Do I Work with Detail Absorbed Perfectionists?
Who do you know who is dependent, neat, perfectionist, careful and compliant? They need a peaceful environment in which to work and live. They are likely to go out of their way to avoid confrontation...
View ArticleThe Value of Values
Identifying core values has been a more frequent theme in my coaching and facilitation work recently. In the last couple of weeks I’ve coached clients who want to re-visit their values and I ran a...
View ArticleBe Yourself – Everyone Else is Taken
In their book “Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?” Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones point out that in spite of the huge demand for more effective leaders, they remain in short supply. This is partly due...
View ArticleWhy Leaders Become Derailed
Much research (for example by Daniel Goleman and Lombardo and Eichinger) has been carried out as to why leaders end up seriously underperforming or being fired and it’s rarely down to lack of business...
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