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Coaching is a process that should be delivered from a mindset of curiosity and caring.
How we think will not only affect how we behave, it will affect what we communicate subliminally.
Here is a set of beliefs that will help you become a more effective coach. These are not necessarily true, but if [...]

Affirmations, positive statements consistently repeated, are surprisingly powerful in programming your subconscious.
An affirmation is a statement that you say to yourself on a regular basis. Some of these affirmations are positive; some are negative. Unfortunately, for most people, 90% of their thoughts are negative?
Positive affirmations give your mind something solid to focus on [...]

Meta-programs are core traits that determine how someone is likely to approach or respond to a situation. The term comes from NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), which describes these traits as ‘meta’ or over everything else, like programs we run continually in background mode to guide our behaviour. Over 50 meta-programs have been identified – here we [...]

The GROW model is a fundamental model of coaching and provides a structure for helping people decide what they want and commit to achieving it.
First, remember what coaching is about. It is about raising awareness and clarifying goals.
For a coach, this is driven by curiosity and caring.
GROW
The GROW model is a simple [...]

Guest article by Gladis Benavides
Recently one of my clients said something that provided me with some food for thought. He asked me “when do I know I have achieved diversity and a work environment where everybody feels good about work” I quickly responded “NEVER”. Then he asked for clarification. That was the hard part. Let [...]

Professor Pawan Budhwar of Aston Business School has recently published a book on the changing face of people management in India.
According to Professor Budhwar, India has the largest pool of scientific and technical personnel in the world. However, he says, India needs to tackle problems of inadequacy of skills, lack of concern for customer [...]

There has been a lot of talk about bullies in the UK recently. Nancy Slessenger, of Vine House Essential is an expert on bullying. I met her some years ago and immediately purchased her excellent book “Understanding Misunderstandings”.
What impressed me about her talk was her explanation of how children develop negotiation skills – [...]

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. [...]