“Johnny is useless, he needs coaching”

Personality and the problem of one-sidedness - by Dr Roy Childs

17/03/2023

As coaches we want to help people develop, to become more rounded individuals with the flexibility and resilience to manage life’s challenges. This often means helping them to recognise, to access and develop different parts of their character. Part of that process can involve…

Which choice will you make to develop your leadership impact?

03/03/2023

For a number of years now I’ve been sharing my personal views on some of the actions that leaders can take to improve leadership impact or effectiveness and to foster the right conditions around you to drive success for all. As a headline theme ponder this: “how do you…

4 Focus Areas when Coaching Women for Career Transitions

28/02/2023

Many women are reconsidering their career and developing new goals. Some are considering their career options in their current organisation, but many are looking for new ventures, including going it alone. I would like to look at how we as coaches can help them prepare for a…

How can HR Professionals help stop the “Great Attrition”?

14/02/2023

Since the pandemic, a record number of employees are thinking about leaving their jobs and many have already done so, according to a McKinsey report (Great Attrition or Great Attraction – The Choice is Yours) based on research in the USA, the UK, Australia, and Canada. This…

What’s it like at the top these days?

16/01/2023

There you are, right at the top, leading a company. You’ve made it. May I ask: What’s it like for you? I used to have a handle on that, working as I do with executives, but things have changed so much in the last 36 months that I’m no longer sure. So, I’d like…

360 degree feedback models - insightful or inhibiting?

10/01/2023

Do 360 degree feedback models offer valuable insights or reinforce previously held inhibitors ? The concept of the 360 degree feedback model has been used extensively over the past 50 years. The foundation of the 360 degree model goes back to the work of Joseph Luft and Harry…