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Coaching vs Mentoring in The Workplace

“The world of work is changing. Our research shows that developing coaching and mentoring skills at every level of an organisation is the key to unlocking potential and increasing productivity.” The Institute of Leadership and Management – 2020 Table of Contents Why coaching and mentoring? Coaching vs Mentoring: What’s the difference? What are Coaching and...

30 Apr

GRATITUDE

What are you Grateful for? In a study at the University of California at Davis, Professor Robert Emmons came up with some very interesting and illuminating results from his research project on gratitude and thankfulness. Professor Emmons found that people who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms,...

22 Apr

THE FEAR ZONE

Where do you want to be? Susan Jeffers once said and it’s a title of one of her books, ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’. However, during the current climate, we are locked down and only permitted to go outdoors for certain things, people are feeling an abundance of fear and obviously don’t like...

19 Mar

GO UNNATURAL – WHY WE BECOME SELFISH DURING DIFFICULT TIMES

According to Prof. Claire Graves we are predisposed to retreat from our personal values during times of extreme stress and that’s why it perhaps feels like we are all turning a little tribal at the moment as everyone looks after themselves. The evidence presented in the supermarkets might support this view. Thankfully we can also...

10 Feb

RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH BEING A COACH

Who can forget the famous line of Peter Parker (Spiderman’s grandfather)? He said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Society expects Spiderman – a comic book, TV and movie superhero with extraordinary powers – to be responsible for saving his town and the world from the forces of Evil. And he never let us down....

28 Jan

COACHING CAN BE A GREAT INVESTMENT

Coaching can cost a lot less than many seminars. What is the total amount of money that you have you spent on self-help items, such as books, audiocassettes, CD’s, Videos, DVD’s and seminars? Did you spend hundreds – maybe thousands of pounds? What kind of rate of return did you get on your investment? Did...

09 Jan

WHY IS THIS CONVERSATION SO DIFFICULT?

The problem with “difficult conversations” is that we label them “difficult conversations”. I’m sure we have all been there with the one member of the family who seems to be able to get under our skin or the colleague or boss who we can’t seem to get through to and all our effort and energy...

09 Oct

3 DAYS & 1750 MILES

I was given the opportunity to drive for 3 days, taking with me the equipment for an elite sports team to their European championships. Clearly, 3 days of driving in the blazing sunshine is not for all but once there I could then spend more time helping where necessary and essential for my development, spend...