Your leadership strengths may actually be holding you back!I know – that doesn’t make sense, does it? If you’re scratching your head, wondering how something you’re good at could hold you back, read on.As a professional coach, I spend a lot of time helping my clients develop their leadership strenghts to achieve even higher levels […]
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My Top 10 Leadership Lessons from 10 Years of Executive CoachingIn October 2015 I celebrated my 10th year as a professional executive coach. Recognising the importance of celebrating career milestones, it seemed like the perfect time to capture what I’d learnt about leadership and change. On a bright, warm and sunny spring morning, I took my […]
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Stress less, stay calm and in control no matter what’s going on at workIt’s no secret that work stress is on the rise. Ever increasing expectations, relentless change, difficult colleagues, shifting priorities – the list of stressors is endless. A few lucky people seem to innately thrive on unrelenting pressure. But for most of us, it […]
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Mastering the art of strategic thinkingCoaching many emerging and established leaders, strategic thinking is one of the most common areas my clients seek help with. Often this is triggered by feedback – “James needs to be less tactical and operational… more strategic.” When I ask new clients how they would know they had mastered ‘strategic thinking’, […]
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Combat Workplace Ageism: discover how to stay relevant and neededWorkplace Ageism and Discrimination are alive and well!While there is increasing awareness that the workforce is ageing and employers want to do the right thing, many of them simply don’t know how to engage and best utilise the skills and experience of older workers. Where once […]
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Striving for promotion, career change or greater job satisfaction, these Quick Career Boosters will helpWouldn’t you love a dollar for every time you’ve heard ‘WOW – it’s April already… where has the year gone?” We start each year with ambitious goals and great intentions. Yet ‘busyness’ soon takes over and career neglect is often its first […]
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What Really Happens When You Criticise Your Boss?“We need to talk and it’s going to be uncomfortable” –why criticism is riskySo you’ve noticed your boss behaving irrationally, irresponsibly or just plain badly. It’s not just a ‘one off’ – there’s a repeating pattern. His emotional intelligence seems to have evaporated and he’s got no idea of […]
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Endless Change Doesn’t Need to Cripple Your PeopleAnother year brings more relentless change, pressure, impossible deadlines and stress. Even when you can see the end in sight for one change, several more are likely bearing down on you. There’s no time to breath, let alone think and before you know it, you’re buried under a mountain […]
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Are you a Bah-Humbug Grinch or Generous Santa LeaderHowever, you choose to ‘be’, your elves are watching and will remember, long after the festive season has been and gone.If you’re a Grinch, who’s cracking the whip to meet pre-Christmas deadlines, frowning at the time taken for longer lunches and scowling each time you walk past […]
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What I learnt about business change management and change leadership from changing my own business‘Life is a Roller Coaster…you’ve just got to ride it’ Truthfully, I’m not a big Ronan Keating fan but he totally nailed it with this song. When I started my business nearly 15 years ago it was like any bright shiny new relationship. […]
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