My journal is a place to express my thoughts about what I do. The entries you see here are prompted by client scenarios or the ideas that inform my work. I hope they may be useful to those who are trying to find out about me or who want stimulus for their own thinking.
A good strategy engagement event gives leaders and managers in your business the chance to get to grips with the new strategy. It helps people…
Some of my clients are moving on, some have recently moved. Here are 10 tips from my experience of coaching leaders as they establish themselves…
I am privileged to observe and support Executive teams as they grapple with tricky complex decisions. In these discussions I am fascinated by how Executive…
I have been learning from and supervised by psychotherapists for several years as part of my ongoing professional development. The worlds of psychotherapy and coaching…
Coaching clients often bring to coaching a particular aspect of their leadership that they want to improve. This has sometimes been brought to their attention…
Many of my clients have cried at work. Male and female. The last female example: tears of frustration when she didn’t feel heard. The last…
I’m prone to melancholy. Although I know bright optimism and joy, I also very keenly feel hopelessness. I consider it one of my weaknesses –…
This post explores my observations about conflict in teams. It is prompted by a day spent recently with the executive team of a multi-million pound budget-holding…
I know a very accomplished guy, a big, strong guy in his 50s. Let’s call him John. John is a successful professional, a loving role-model…
Is politics a positive or negative word to you? What does it conjure up? Do you think of yourself as a political animal? The theme…
It’s so hard to live with disappointment – when our expectations are not met or our dreams dashed. It’s also hard to disappoint someone else…
This entry explores the area between Coaching and Counselling or Psychotherapy which some practitioners are now calling Couching. In entry level coach training much is…