Ask 10 people what coaching is and you’ll get 10 different answers. When we talk about coaching, as I alluded to in the introductory blog to this short series, people can often mean different things. I regularly hear people say they do coaching but in reality it will be something else, it will be a
One of the most common reasons that coaching initiatives fail, is that people can’t see how it relates to them and their responsibilities. Start with Why To quote Simon Sinek, in fact. If you can’t articulate the reason why you want to embed a coaching approach in your area, it’s going to be a challenge
“Being a manager right now is tough, because we’re being asked to do it with a blindfold on, ear plugs in and our hands tied behind our backs.” This is what one of my coaching clients said to me recently. The visual clues; seeing how someone walks into the office in the morning, how they
Last week I shared with you some tips to help you make a great first impression remotely. It covered ‘Getting the basics right’ which was all about technology and situation. If you missed it, be sure to check it out on the website. This week it’s Part 2… Getting the Conversation started Small talk, listening
Hello! We’re back! I hope this Booster finds you well, safe and adjusting to how we’re living now. This topic, making a great first impression remotely, has come up for some of my coaching clients recently, especially the career coaching clients who are about to embark upon remote interviewing for the first time. Making a
Pressing Pause The more vigilant among you will have noticed that these Boosters have become a little irregular over recent weeks. I’ve decided that this will be the last one for a little while and invite you to read on to see if anything of what follows resonates with you. Talking about unprecedented times, wellbeing,
To furlough or not? Being an HR company, it would be remiss of me to not post on the trending topic of the moment… Furloughing. The tricky part to this is that given the speed at which the initiative has been launched, information continues to be released around the scheme so the risk is that
All change! Or is it? We encounter change so often in our lives and our ability to deal with it is dependent not least on how we feel about that change. (See last week’s Booster if you’d like an activity to help with this). It’s quite typical to focus on the things that have changed.
Most of us will be feeling varying levels of anxiety, confusion, fear and overwhelm, amongst other emotions, at this unprecedented time. Worrying about things that might happen, scenarios that might play out and ‘what if’ catastrophising are all perfectly typical behaviours in such circumstances but if you would like to re-focus your thoughts (which in
The first step to working better with others is to start with self. The past few posts have been dedicated to the preferences related to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and about noticing the qualities of each preference. If you missed them, check them out on the blog page of the website. When it