One of the learnings from being a student again has been around my own learning style. Other than a few short courses and MOOCs I haven’t done much classroom-based work since university – and that was nearly 15 years ago. The delicious irony here is that much of my work…
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What the music industry’s people need next
As the music industry’s resurgence continues, its people need support now more than ever. There’s opportunity to further embrace a contributor to success in tech, sports, and other industries. We’re now living in a world that’s more prosperous than at any time in history. Standards of living are increasing. Extreme…
Coaching: Spinning our Wheels
Here’s a question I hear from time to time. What is coaching for? It’s a simple question, but not necessarily easy to answer. We may think about leadership, success, being in the top 1% of performers. Often it’s less about the big visible breakthroughs and more about realigning a small…
Insider, Outsider
Usually we want to be insiders. The inside scoop, the inside knowledge, being in the loop. Being outside doesn’t sound so appealing. Being left out in the cold, an outsider looking in. Maybe even frozen out. I’m an immigrant, trying to find my way in a new country and culture….
Coaching: Preparing for job interviews
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking at the best of times. There’s pressure, uncertainty, intensity; it’s a set-piece with a design out of our control. We often don’t know what to expect from the interview itself. When combined with our pre-conceptions of the company, role and the wider market, as well…
The Prestige
“Now you’re looking for the secret. But you won’t find it because of course, you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.” Alfred Borden, The Prestige One of the most recognised and easily accessible areas of magic is card tricks. The…
The arcade of the multiple mirrors
Let’s take a trip to a theme park. This theme park is expansive, multi-layered, and stretches out as far as the eye can see. It’s the landscape of our work life: our careers, ventures and dreams. There are so many paths to take and colourful places to visit: opportunities for…
Coaching: Stories can lead to solutions
A coaching client came to me to discuss a challenge they had at work. This client works in an executive role at a large professional services company. A team member was coming to the executive’s office on a regular basis with seemingly long-winded, rambling and meandering background information about various…
5 x Why, 5 x Who
You may have heard about the 5 Whys. It was originally developed at Toyota to help them figure out the root causes of failures and inefficiencies on their manufacturing line. Over time, the idea spread – it now shows up in everything from Six Sigma to goal setting. It’s a…
Getting to grips with my Inner Critic
The inner critic is something we all hear from time to time. During a recent coaching session with one of my coaching program peers, the topic of the inner critic came up. We agreed that it could be an interesting exercise for me to explore in more detail who this…