I used to think that authenticity was static and a noun. I can now see that it is a verb, and a future focussed, useful one too. In the past I have often been described as authentic, as someone with integrity. Whilst this sounded good, I didn’t really know what people meant by saying this to me, nor did I…
Often at the start of a Leadership Programme, I ask participants to take a look at their learning styles. I ask everyone to read the four descriptions, to choose the style that feels most like them; Activist, Reflector, Theorist or Pragmatist. The images often produce a wry smile! Then I ask them to find the people in the group most…
I suggest that you start with how you feel! As we progress our careers many of us find ourselves needing to be more strategic. Our new Job Description can demand this of us, and yet, what does it mean? Oxford Languages defines strategic as “relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving…
Are you frustrated that your career progression is slower than your ideal? Or that your current role has gone stale and is just not as exciting as you hoped? Does this make you wonder what to do next? Have well meaning friends and colleagues encouraged you to look at your strengths and weaknesses, to do a SWOT? I’m going to…
It’s automatically a problem, isn’t it, when we view a challenge with language like this. Yes, it might indicate our high level of frustration and how much we have already tried. However, it also shows us how divided we already are into “Them” and “Us”. This topic has been raised a number of times recently by coaching clients from different…
What was your first paid job? Maybe a paper round, or working in a shop, a fast food outlet or warehouse? These are common answers from participants on many of the leadership courses I run. Our first job typically involves a lot of task. We may be serving customers in a coffee shop, sitting at a desk paying invoices in…
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