Dear HR Manager, please don’t be scared of Skype coaching!
Dear Human Resources Manager Let me begin by telling you how much I value you. You are the reason your organization embraces coaching. Your progressive approach to the development of your leadership, talent, and career-climbers allows me to provide quality coaching services. This, in turn, allows those I coach to coach others and creates a ripple effect of people who [...]
How to discuss Personal Branding with your Coach – a coaching transcript
Coach: So John, I understand that you want to talk about Personal Branding in our meeting today? John: Yes, that’s right coach. It’s a phrase that is being spoken about a lot around here. Everyone is talking about their personal brand. And after a recent meeting I was offered some feedback that I should pay more attention to my personal [...]
How [slow] travel makes me be a better coach
At my 21st birthday my mother gifted me my first trip beyond Southern Africa. Not wanting me to wander too far, she choose Mauritius as my destination. Of course, Club Med in Mauritius is a resort experience, what I would call a ‘holiday', and not 'travel' the way I know it today. Still, something fascinating shifted for me on that [...]
Why it’s OK to Relapse on your Goals
This is a story about Doug*, a high-achieving, charismatic and energized individual. Doug is a prolific “doer” who doesn’t schedule appropriate reflection time to note whether all of his doing is really benefiting his career or his organization. Doug has recently received some 360-degree feedback from his senior reports. It suggests that although Doug is creating the impression of busyness [...]
5 reasons why being interesting is as important as being successful
I once worked for a narcissist (haven’t we all?). When I resigned from the firm, he called me to his office, patted me on the head and asked “Do you really think that you will open doors on your own, without our impressive brand behind you?”. I panicked for as long as it took me to remember that it was [...]
7 Thinking Patterns: Do You Recognise Yourself in any of These?
Just thinking about thinking is sobering. Many of us, on our journey of life at some time or another, are captive to one or more of the identified distorted thinking paradigms below. It may not be a light-hearted subject, but those brave enough will embrace the opportunity to shed light on our tendency to extreme and inaccurate thinking. Without the [...]
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