Leadership Coaching: Practicality. I remember my Mum looking me in the eye when I was having another career-panic when I was about 30 and saying ‘but you could do ANYTHING and you have so much to give!!!!’. That was a real double- whammy. So, not only did I not know what I should be doing […]
Career Coaching: Curiosity might well have killed the cat. It is our curiosity however that enables us to learn. If we cannot he curious and we cannot ask questions, then how else can we get the information that we need?Do you know what gets in the way of my curiosity? It’s my ego. My ego is […]
Leadership Coaching: Biomimicry. How can your team or organisation behave as nature does? Perhaps more to the point is ‘why would it want to do so?’ The fundamental benefit of biomimicry is that nature works in sustainable ways. In these times of deep economic, political and planetary instability, the importance of behaving sustainably has increased exponentially. […]
Career Coaching: Explained. Here a client of mine describes her experiences of career coaching with a Daemon to a potential client. Unsurprisingly, after these words of recommendation, they have come on board. I thought it might be interesting to have glimpse into this work from a client’s perspective … 1) What were your expectations of […]
Career Coaching: Reflection In this fast-paced, multiple-identity-juggling, demonstrate-your-worth-relentlessly culture. When do you take the chance to reflect on the things you have done? In my opinion, it is a rare phenomenon. In my opinion reflecting is a skill well worth cultivating. Often a client will show up saying ‘ I wondered whether to come as […]
Leadership Coaching: Comfort Zone. As a leader, how easy is it to ask someone to do something you wouldn’t. I don’t mean something you aren’t technically trained to do and thus couldn’t. Here I am referring to asking someone to do something that you would be too afraid of trying to take the risk. I […]