Coaching for success with a soul
Following the previous post about pilgrimage I had some requests to say more about ‘Walking Coaching’. So here goes… ‘Walking meetings’ have become a bit of a fad among Silicon Valley and New York entrepreneurs, as well as at the White House where Barak Obama often ends his working day with a walking meeting with …
Coaching and pilgrimage – what’s the link? My son returned last week tired but happy from walking the last stretch of the Camino of Santiago di Compostella with his youth group. The ‘camino’ or ‘Way of St James’ is a 500 mile long walking pilgrimage route that’s inspired seekers since the Middle Ages. It had …
Do you feel you are enough? Sometimes, as we are busy coaching to improve performance, meet goals and help our clients achieve more, we can find that another very different question rises to the surface. It’s not about hard goals and outcomes and can be tricky to pin down; it’s question that arises in …
The other day a friend was quizzing me about coaching and how to go about hiring a coach. It’s a big investment of time, energy and money and going about finding the right coach can be a daunting prospect. How can you maximize your chances of getting it right? What kinds of questions to ask? …
Recently, one of my clients described her leadership role as working in a minefield. She pictured herself in potentially hostile territory, without a map, not knowing if a bomb was inches away. A powerful image of turbulent organisational life; with economic uncertainty, rapidly changing technology, globalisation, restructuring, downsizing and good old fashioned acquisitions and mergers. …
Did you know we’re in the middle of International Stoic Week at the moment? No, well I wouldn’t have either if I hadn’t received an invitation to a workshop at the University of Exeter about how Ancient Philosophical Ethics could contribute to Modern Business a few weeks back. I spent a fascinating couple of hours …
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Many thanks to Irene Brankin, one of the Wise Goose Team, for this guest post where she shares some thoughts about the stress, pressure and general busyness of life and talks about the theme of her next book. Irene will be speaking at the Coaching Connect event on October 11th. We’re all so busy ‘chasing …
Many thanks to Liz Scott, one of the Wise Goose Team, for this inspiring guest post where she shares her pioneering work in bringing coaching into schools… It was very nerve-wracking. Here I was, in front of a group of 45 pupils, (aged 9-10 years old) and I had to entertain them for the next …
“Soft skills tend to differentiate good college graduates from exceptional college graduates,” Joseph Krok, university research liaison at Rolls-Royce. Last week as I drove through Exeter University campus, graduates in robes and mortar boards were ambling in the afternoon sunshine. It started me thinking about young people’s prospects these days.
Organisations need people who are engaged and motivated; especially during an economic downturn. Many studies show that engaged employees are good for organisations. According to the Corporate Leadership Council, employees with lower engagement levels are four times more likely to leave their jobs. Engaged employees are also more productive and contribute more to profits. Studies …
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