“People would pull the rug out from under me, so I learnt how to dance on a moving carpet” Wayne W Dyer Do you find yourself worrying about what tomorrow brings? Do you find the simplest of tasks are now paralysing you, and you cannot escape from the clutches of overthinking? Listen, you are not…
We are certainly living in times of uncertainty. Covid 19 has challenged us to move our accepted status quo, and prolonged Brexit discussions in the UK continually add to the financial risks of running businesses. We embrace new goals, new strategies and potentially new leaders as we are faced with a mountain of change as we…
Being a busy executive often means that we are jumping from one task to another. But what techniques can we use to embrace this potential distraction. This short article introduces a few methods.
Stopping in today’s world is challenging. It demands a strong will, as well as a focus to help achieve it. Taking time away from your normal activities can help you in many ways. For the portion, downtime is the time that you need to calm your mind during a hectic work schedule. It could be…
Stress is a fact of life. It doesn’t matter whether you are stressed at work, about a situation at home, or about aspects of your personal life, stress is simply there. In fact, stress in some forms is a good thing. It’s your body’s systems reacting to situations in order to protect, even though it…
Entrepreneurs and business leaders face problems every day in the world of business. Often, you may be faced with issues that can’t be solved by using traditional methods, meaning you need to think outside of the box. Thinking creatively is a great way to find new solutions to problems that may leave you stumped. What…
Executive coaching has gained popularity over the past few years, and it has received both critical and complimentary attention. It involves one-on-one interactions between professionals in executive positions and an external coach. Companies all around the world are investing in executive coaching because they understand its value. If you are still sceptical about it, here…
In the 21st century workplace, a leader needs to use all their skills to engage their team. It is also clear that the world of work today is changing rapidly. Whether you are in a leadership role or if you’re aspiring to be in one soon, there are a myriad of skills that you need…
Running and leading a business isn’t the easiest of tasks. Entrepreneurs have a range of responsibilities that they must fulfil to keep the business operating at its best and ensure that staff are motivated. What sets the best business leader apart is the certain traits they possess that make them do things differently. To learn more…
Whether you’re a business leader or a budding entrepreneur, it’s likely that you’re faced with competition from all directions. It could be from your peers, superiors, or your own internal goals, drivers and expectations. Whatever it is, it’s no longer simply enough to just turn up at work. You have to think outside the box,…
Our lives are full of derailleurs. One in three of us suffers from poor quality sleep with stress, technology and work being some of the culprits. In my role as an executive coach, I work with many people that are challenged in achieving a ‘normal’ sleep pattern. It has been reported that some can survive…
We are in a world where the term exponential has become a much-understood word. But several examples that we do not talk about are the exponential innovations that have been occurring across the world that brings hope, social support and solutions to a health service that has also gone through an exponential change.
It would be wonderful if we could predict and control the future flow. However, we live in a chaotic world where the future is generally unknown. Look at the impact of Brexit, and now Covid-19. Chaos can be defined as a “place between order and disorder” where the outcome evolves typically through the self-organisation of…
We have all been there, right? There is a massive list of things that we need to do – so massive that as we stare at it and add more to it as we stare at it, we are overwhelmed. Overwhelmed to the point that we won’t do anything.
A short soiree into burnout with a few recipes that can help re-balance that hectic world that we live in.
Five key rules about team coaching Working as a team coach is often challenging in many ways. Perhaps some players are not on board with the approach. Maybe a team is dysfunctional; perhaps different motivations are in play. Perhaps a team is not a team but a group of individuals delivering an outcome with individual…
“I am stuck, I just cannot make a decision. There are so many things to choose from….” – are common indicators that the procrastination police are needed to help you move on. So how can you move on through the plethora of ‘stuff’ and actually do something? Sometimes we find ourselves stuck and procrastinate in…
I don’t believe in luck. I believe that any action that people take advances to some form of outcome based on a complex clump of interconnecting inertias. An area of coaching, called Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), works on an understanding of a process. In his book “the inner game of tennis”, Galway introduces us to playing…