More from Tony Blair’s autobiography; this is another quote about his difficult negotiations in Northern Ireland which started in 1997. “In conflict resolution, small things can be big things. This is not just about gripping, it is also about putting aside your view of what is important in favour of theirs. And not being prissy [...]
Up until about 20 years executives in transition called themselves Consultants until they found a job or stayed as consultants if they could make it work. Starting in the mid-nineties Executive Coaching became the refuge of executives in transition. Fewer have made that work but the business of training and certifying Executive and Life Coaches [...]
An inflection point is a time to take a new hard look at goals to see if a new strategy is warranted. So for example, if for people in career transition the most usual option is to simply find another job that replaces the one that was lost. But taking a new look at goals [...]
I think there are three levels of performance among marathon runners. The professionals who do the very best are elite athletes. They train both mind and body to work optimally and consciously. They succeed via conscious competence. The very best amateurs probably compete adding some degree of ‘flow’ to their very good conscious competence but [...]
I coach many clients around delegation. It comes up when leadership, time managment, business development, work life quality and conflict resolution are the reason for the coaching relationship. There are many reasons that executives don’t delegate as much as they should. Here are four. 1] Anxiety that the delegated project won’t be done well enough [...]
Many of you may know I used to work in advertising. I still have a fondness for good creative ideas. The Adidas slogan ‘Impossible is Nothing’ is one of my favourites. This morning I ran into a professional acquaintance who I hadn’t seen in two years. They’d lost about 200 lbs. It was a really [...]
I’m working with a couple of 20 something clients who are growing into leadership roles. They both need to increase their Trust Radius. We’re at the stage where they both have to practice letting go of the need to be responsible so that others can step up. In one case this is learning to let [...]
