I wrote recently about whole person coaching, and this piece looks a little more deeply into the ideas and attitudes that underpin this important work. It acknowledges how rites of…
We have all been spending a lot more time in web based meetings, and much already has been written about this. I've been saying that it is easy and productive,…
I saw a tweet from Deepak Chopra a few days ago, and it grabbed my attention. It simply stated ‘Heal yourself. Heal the world.” I know enough about myself to…
I hosted one of a regular series of virtual action learning sets last week, with a very capable group based across Europe, the US, and India. We’ve been meeting for…
A slightly longer piece this time probably aimed more at practitioners; coaches, HR folk etc., and related to the hot topic of psychological safety and one of the ways in…
After 40 years of working with organisations of all shapes and sizes my coaching practice seems increasingly to be focused on the most ‘professionally personal’ of all topics – the…
In the mid 1700’s Frederick William of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, thought that his son (also named Frederick) was ‘effete’, weak, and not good King material. He embarked on a…
Nearly 30 years ago as a ‘newbie’ leader, I found myself in a situation that hit me so forcefully that the echoes of it reverberate to this day. I was…
So here I am, a well-respected Partner in a thriving business with great colleagues, working with some of the most well known organizations in the world and with a long…