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Looking for change You look for a coach because you want change. You want something in your life to be different. The war within More often than not, we come to coaching because there's something not quite right about how we're living. We feel dissatisfied and restless. When we dig a little deeper, we may even find we have parts of ourselves that are at war with each other. We may not even be aware that there is an internal discord until we talk to someone about it. All we know is that we're...

You, employee engagement and coaching Have you ever considered what coaching can do for you personally? As well as being transformative for individuals, it can have an amazing impact if you adopt a coaching culture in your business and equip your leaders with coaching skills. The greatest way to measure this impact is through measuring employee engagement. As I’ve studied employee survey results, it’s astounded me how many people would trade their next pay rise for their immediate...

It sounded like a good idea at the time. Three months previously I had volunteered to run a creative workshop at our parish environmental event. It would be easy - all I had to do was bring along my collection of objects destined for recycling and a few tools, and 'hey presto' - all my participants would start creating beautiful things from what might otherwise have been thrown out. Six days ahead of the day, the situation didn’t look so rosy. What did I want them to make? Exactly what...

Networking, in the main, should be a pleasant, supportive and enterprising experience. An opportunity to meet with like-minded business people who are happy to learn about one another to make informed decisions on whether they will;

buy from you in future refer your products or services to their contacts see someone they can collaborate with.

6 top tips to make networking work for you Networking is more than turning up and putting on your best smile. 1. Go with business cards and be...

You are perfectly aligned with your organisation’s motives. The people in your team are self-motivated and high-performing. They too are aligned with you and contribute to the organisation's objectives. This rather romantic description of the perfect dynamic in the workplace may probably clash with what you have seen so far. Don’t get me wrong - it is possible that managers’ individual drives are aligned with those of the organisations, and that people can be self-motivated...

We are now halfway through the year. What were the key changes you had in mind for this year? Where do you stand right now? From July to December, what are the big calls you want to make? Taking yourself to the next phase of your life requires energy;

energy to realise you may not be in a great spot energy to assess how you will free yourself energy to put a plan together and finally, energy to execute the plan.

To sustain this level of energy, some solid motivation is needed!...

How to create the life you want It's so easy to rumble on, not feeling quite right, not getting what you want. Months and years roll by, and suddenly you realise this isn’t where you want to be. Sound familiar? If this applies to you, then its time to take a stand and make a change! Read on for some tips on how to create the life you’ll love. Knowing what you don’t want isn’t the same as knowing what you do want. I always ask clients at the start of their journey what...

The world around us presents us with plenty of potential interferences and distractions ready to take us away from what it is we want to achieve. There is a well-known formula: performance = potential - interference. Therefore, it is crucial to you and your journey to achieving your goals that you keep your interferences to a minimum. Easier said than done, I hear you say! In a world, as mentioned, where we are surrounded by these interferences and distractions, it can become a real drain on...

In 2012, we decided to extend our two-bedroom cottage to create a family home. This was to be our ‘forever’ house. We had a fantastic architect who designed something awesome, and we found an equally excellent builder. The project was estimated to take six months, and it would require us to live elsewhere during that period. We wanted to be on site but anticipated that the build might take longer than expected. Renting somewhere in the town nearby might not have the flexibility we...