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Following on from last weeks blog on Appreciative Inquiry, this week I am going to introduce a method that can be used in a coaching context and a special offer at the foot of this blog. The 5Ds of appreciation can be used to help a client push through being stuck and re-imagine a new […]
Recently, I ran a session for the AC CoCoaching forums based on Appreciative Inquiry (AI). The session proved again how powerful a method AI was in unlocking people that are stuck in past problems and allows for releasing of the yet unknown positive outcome by considering what could be amazing and then wildly dreaming about […]
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. If you can dream it, you can do it. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. It’s kind of fun […]
I was fortunate enough to attend a CPD workshop put on by Wiley. This was based around the highly acclaimed book by Lencioni entitled, “The five dysfunctions of a team”. Many of the plenary discussions were common sense and for an OD professional helps in assimilating a strategy for senior managers and board. Lencioni […]
Over the past few weeks, I have thinking about how I can improve my daily work. I am compelled to share this with you as a gift and in a way that you can make an impact into your busy life. These are what I am calling the “4Ds”. Diarise – as soon as you […]
We learn in our CPD the importance of providing a great onboarding experience – or chemistry meeting. In this meeting we invite a potential client to meet us and have a chat about their experience of coaching, expectations, and whether they get on with us. But how many times do we actually turn down working […]
Working as a team coach is often challenging in many ways. Perhaps there are players that are not on board with the approach, perhaps a team is dysfunctional, perhaps different motivations are in play and / or perhaps a team is not really a team but a group of individuals performing to delivering an outcome […]
When I was doing my MBA a few years ago, we covered complex systems. These are systems were something happening in one place has an impact on something in a distant chain. This cause and effect mechanism introduces us to the beauty of how the human mind processes ambiguity and decision making. I have just […]
Sometimes we find ourselves stuck and procrastinate in what we are doing. Perhaps we are focusing our efforts on how much we do not want to be doing something rather than just getting on and getting it done. Perhaps we are stuck because we cannot see how to start the mammoth task that sits in […]
Over the past month, I have been dipping into some of the wonderfully rich learning experience of the World Business and Executive Coaching Summit (WBECS). This brings together industry leaders into a learning space where thought leaders are sharing their research and methods that can help move people to a different and elevated position in […]
At times in what we and what our clients do we get comfortable. Comfortable can be a good place, but similarly too comfortable can lead to complacency and inattention to what is really happening around us. This quick exercise works best in a group environment and consists of a few phases. In the first phase, […]
I am in a fortunate position that I took a choice decision 9 years ago to follow a dream. This dream was to learn (which I did through my MBA at Aston University and continue to do so) and launch a business (that I have done several times now). Putting it simply, I love what […]