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In your current state of mind how likely are you to achieve your full potential? What’s your state of mind right...

When I have a quiet mind, I feel peace, happiness and tranquility. It gives me perspective and clarity, and life has a...

Ego is more common in leadership teams that you might realise. It is a significant factor in the prevention of success for...

Why does a thank you matter? What difference does appreciation make? Why would a leadership team need appreciation? We’re on the second day of...

The news is full of stories of the fallout from mistakes by organisations. Sometimes the response from the company beggars belief.  In...

4 Years ago today, my book Coaching Presence was published by Kogan Page.  This week I received an email letter from Mark...

Before I talk about Presence I invite you to think about some moments in time.... Remember a time when you were reading...

A reflection about Christmas and our true nature. As one who celebrates Christmas every year, I thought I’d reflect on what Christmas...

Fresh thinking is the life blood of any organization that wants to grow and expand.  Whether it’s new products and services, new...

It was with great sadness that on Friday we attended the funeral of a dear friend of ours and colleague, Dave Gooda.  We...

5 people gathered together reflecting on what is present when transformation happens in coaching.  Words used to describe this were ‘higher self’,...

What happens when someone gives you advice?  Whether you asked for it or not, sometimes you take it and other times you...

Leadership and state of mind are intrinsically linked.  A person's state of mind is the invisible variable that determines their success as...

Leadership and state of mind are intrinsically linked.  A leaders state of mind is the invisible variable that determines their success as...

What is it that stops us from having a strong connection with other people?  Sometimes we feel really connected to another person...

Stress, anxiety, anger, frustration (etc) are all feelings thatcan arise from unfulfilled expectations. The expectationof something happening that doesn’t or hasn’t happened.Whether that’s...

Magic happened during a recent trip to Lithuania.  It’s a place that I had never contemplated visiting but events transpired that took...

*This article was published on Linked in on 23rd June 2016 whilst awaiting the outcome of the EU referendum in the...

I’m sure you’ve heard people say that the most important element in a coaching relationship is the presence of the coach. How...

Last night I watched the film Bridge of Spies.  An excellent film – I highly recommend it.  But I digress!  In the...

A few weeks ago I was talking about thinking with a client of mine and he asked me “how do you...

For the last twenty years I’ve been asking groups of managers the following question: “Think of the best manager you’ve had. What...

A few weeks ago I watched in horror as the events in Paris unfolded.   And my heart went out to the...

What do you do when two people in your team are in conflict with each other?  When I was first new to...

Do you notice that sometimes your thinking is really clear and you feel really good? And then other times your thinking is...

If you had a free hour a day at work, what would you do with it? Most leaders I know are feeling...

I have been asked recently ‘How do you develop a coaching style that is non-directive and non-judgmental?’ I think this is a...

No one lives or works in a vacuum so every action taken based on a decision or solution has a ripple...

One of the Association for Coaching competencies is ‘Managing Self and maintaining coaching presence. I want to consider just the first half...