Making Reparation can strengthen a business relationship. Whatever your industry sector or role, whatever your actual work involves, most of us need to relate to other humans. Wherever there are human relationships, there is always the possibility of misunderstanding by one or other of the people involved. Misunderstandings easily rupture an existing relationship. When I […]
Walking along with a colleague this morning, when her 6 month old became bored and aggravated, I handed her my keys to play with as they had caught her eye. Immediately my companion shrieked with laughter, exclaiming ‘you have an even bigger set of keys than me!!!!’ Looking at the small person holding them […]
One if the real perks of my job is the very real brilliance that fills the space we share as soon as a client enters the room. What he or she brings is their own wisdom and knowing. We then embark on a collaborative journey, pooling our resources in service of meeting the objectives […]
Sustainable change requires a rigorous attitude. What I am noticing is that whilst it is can be easy to put a boundary in place in a professional environment, and sustain it, It is sometimes easier to abandon such a boundary in our personal lives. Because we care, because we want to believe the best of […]
Spending time with fellow coaches is really nourishing for me, both as a coach and as a human. I don’t meet with these colleagues in order to exclusively discuss techniques or my business, but, because we are inevitably as curious about the human condition we inevitably stray into the territory of exploring the intricacies of coaching […]
Over and over with clients, I encounter their belief, that they are the only ones who struggle with accepting and assimilating their personality types. Using Eric Berne’s Process Model it is easy to visually self-diagnose your preferred way of being. Finding your place on the axis between introvert and extrovert, active and ‘passive’ (by which […]
All humans have a handful of core values that are entirely central to their existence. Usually we are unaware that these are informing our decisions. They surface in two sets of circumstances. Firstly when there is profound change in our lives, and secondly when they are significantly compromised. When our core values, of where there […]
Sustainability, be it personal or professional, always involves nourishment. Women are not great at meeting their own needs before those of others. Women who juggle professional pressures alongside kids or the needs of elderly parents in their personal worlds, are particularly bad at squashing self care into the mix. Frankly speaking this leads to burnout. […]