Understanding and overcoming Thinking Traps

Benefits of coaching to the coach - available to all?

20/09/2019

Benefits of coaching to the coach - available to all? Over many years I've listened to coaches who are passionate about learning coaching skills, that inspired them with confidence to go and help others. That's marvellous, but what if others aren't ready to be helped…

Playing Politics Authentically: The Paradox

07/02/2019

I am being honest, I cannot remember a time when people have not be-moaned the fact that they can’t get stuff done because of office organisational politics or claim to have fallen foul of it and had their career damaged as a result. I have been working in business for 30…

Never give up on your dreams...

01/02/2019

I went swimming on Monday, as I do every morning, and noticed that there were only 3 people in the pool, as opposed to 10 last week. “Blue Monday” as we all know is supposed to be the day that most people give up their New Year’s Resolutions, if they even got round to…

Who - or what - is pressing your buttons?

17/10/2018

"When your core values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier" Roy Disney 'World Values Day' happens every year in October. It's an ideal opportunity to stop and take the time to think about your most deeply held values. What are Core…

From self-awareness to sustainable change

22/01/2018

This is the first of a short series of case studies on real coaching situations and how they have helped my coachees (sometimes called the players) create an action-orientation which will drive sustainable change and, of course, a step-up in their performance. In this case I…

Can you recommend a good coach?

15/05/2017

Can you recommend a good coach? Any professional sportsman or woman worth their salt works with a coach. Not because they have a problem, but because they want to excel at their sport, to be the best they can be. It’s the same in business. Senior Executives, leaders and…