De-clagging the mind
Is de-clagging even a verb? Not sure, but it feels right. I really enjoyed my recent experience of coaching a client from an industry in which I have no experience. He was a senior project manager r…
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Why do we need to win prizes?
I can’t read through my LinkedIn feed at the moment without coming across organisations parading their success in winning ‘small consultancy of the year, within the green mortgage industry’, or …
Driving into a wall
Why my life so radically changed, last year On 9th June 2021 I was having my induction meeting with the CEO of an organisation I had just joined as a non exec director and my phone (conscientiously sw…
Be real. Be you.
One of the traits I most admire in people is authenticity. It was well known in my business that any interview candidate who tried to stick to their pre-prepared script would be deliberately made unco…
Doing the Right Thing
Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t need a lengthy job description for your role but could summarise it entirely by the four words: Do the Right Thing? In my role as chair of a medium sized charity…
Values can’t buy me love (read on, and you’ll work it out…)
‘What do you most value in life’ is one of those existential questions that can make you twitch nervously, however much you realise that it is probably quite important. Oh yes. Honesty is more imp…
From dread to determination: finding courage and commitment through coaching
Over a period of 5 1/2 years in my career I went from working in a relatively safe environment as a headmaster, with clear norms and structures, to running a start-up which had just lost its revenue. …
Open your eyes, and smell the conflict
How often in your work have you ended up in a tense state, where the atmosphere seems oppressive? Is that just the normal stresses and strains of living a busy demanding life, or can something be done…
Why I am a happy sadist
In a call with a new colleague the other day, I was moderately taken aback when he said that he could see I was quite a sadist. I assumed I hadn’t been listening and asked if he meant a masochist, a…