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While contemplating the 15 days of Chinese New Year celebrations for this new year of the Golden Tiger, it’s perhaps a good time to check in on your January 1st New Year’s resolutions.
My guess: in the first seven weeks of 2010, you’ve already abandoned some or all of these. Why?
1: inadequate checking in on Your [...]

Losers can be winners too!
Imagine that you are participating in a knock-out tennis tournament. If you are a tennis player this would sound rather a routine event, but wait…there’s a catch. The tournament rule of progression is inverted. In every match the loser (yes, the loser!) progresses to the next round and the winner is [...]

Executive and life coaching notes
Clarity of purpose simplifies decision-making. Actions can be effectively prioritised if the vision is clear. Clarity enables focus. Focus increases productivity. Productivity increases output. Effective productivity reduces costs and increases revenue.
Therefore while clarity of vision may not guarantee profitability, a lack of clarity will most certainly reduce it. Effective leaders will [...]

I recently published Andy Greenhill’s end of day questions.
Here is another procedure from the late Alan C Walter, given to me by Blair Singer.

At the beginning of the day :-
Make a daily goal
What am I willing to give to others today?
What 10 things do I value that I am grateful for now?
What do I value [...]

Robert Middleton presented a workshop at the International Coach Federation annual conference entitled “Marketing High-End, Outcome-Based Programs”.
In effect, ‘high end’ referred to any program or service for which you significantly increase your fee!
Programmes could include: -

High end coaching
Workshops and coaching
Teleconferences and coaching
Series of workshops or trainings
In-house programmes or consulting

The key to these programmes was that [...]

I was studying Wealth Dynamics with Andy Greenhill recently.
He mentioned the questions that he asks himself each evening.
I thought you might find them of interest :-

What did I learn today?
What am i grateful for?
Did I do my best today?
What can I do better tomorrow?
What am I going to achieve tomorrow?
What is my intention as I [...]

Eight questions for any situation – Richard Winfield explains the NLP setting well-formed outcomes process.
The core of executive coaching is to raise awareness and to clarify and set goals.
These eight questions form one of the most useful coaching tools, and can be used in any situation that relates to a decision.
Although the ‘SMART’ approach to [...]

How to avoid shocks in the future – Richard Winfield explains how to future proof your business by asking two simple questions.
The trouble with the future is that you don’t know what it is going to be until it arrives. By then it can be too late to plan for it.
If you cannot reliably [...]

Guest article by Krishna Kumar, Bangalore, India
Golfing great, Arnold Palmer, is known to have remarked, ”I can find out everything about a person by watching him play eighteen holes of golf.”
Were we to accept this premise, then the sports field would substitute for psychometric personality evaluation instruments. The Myers-Briggs and Meredith Belbin tests popularly used [...]

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
For that [...]

The Sporting Conundrum: Chasing the Dream, by Krishna Kumar
Roger Federer shedding a tear is now passé. He did it after losing an epic final to bête noire Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last year. He came close to it at this year’s Australian Open while losing again to the World Number 1. But, why did Federer [...]

What is inspirational leadership? – asks Stefan Powell.
If we accept that leadership is about “influencing people to make big things happen” where does this start?
A vision should be inspirational, compelling and should describe a positive and successful future, drawing on all of the senses to bring it to life and to make others want [...]

A promotion to a senior level such as director or partner brings with it new legal responsibilities, and the importance of understanding these should not be ignored. However, there are other, more subtle, things to consider.
If you are appointed from within, there needs to be a change of identity as well as of role. [...]

Why do I write this newsletter? This article forms part of the 190th CorporateCoach newsletter. You will have noticed that I no longer succeed in publishing a newsletter every week. However, this record does represent something like 500 articles. So why do I do it?
Although I do enjoy passing on my knowledge, [...]

It is not surprising that many people at the top have dominant personalities. Maybe you are one of those yourself. Dominant people, who like to talk, can be difficult for other people with quieter less dominant personalities.
The good news is that ‘Type A’ people like to learn; they just need good quality feedback.
Here are three [...]

I recently attended a workshop by David Hyner of Stretch Development entitled The Massive Goal Principle.
David has spent more than eleven years interviewing top achievers from all walks of life to establish how they think and behave in order to succeed at the highest level. Initially, he wanted to learn about setting [...]

Here is another technique that I brought back from the recent ICF conference in Montreal. The World Café is an easy to use method of fostering collaborative dialogue, particularly in large groups. It is ideal for conferences or consultation meetings at which large numbers of people are involved in exploring a few [...]

One of the techniques that I brought back from the recent ICF conference in Montreal was “Serial Testimony”.
Serial testimony was developed by Peggy McIntosh as a counterpoint to meetings where “the talkers talk, the listeners listen, and a general feeling of malaise prevails”.
This group activity is very simple in concept: the facilitator poses a question, [...]

John Demartini believes that your hierarchy of values dictates your destiny.
So, how do you discover your hierarchy? Here is Demartini’s suggestion; answer these questions: -

How do you fill your space? Look around you, what is there? What is important?
How do you spend your time? What do you do – and what do [...]

One of the most interesting presentations at the ICF Annual Conference last week was from Christian Worth.

Christian is a Frenchman who has lived and worked in many parts of the world. He uses his Frenchness to establish a charming and highly entertaining presentation style.
In addition to this, his presentation was extremely interesting. Having [...]