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George Bernard Shaw is reported as saying that America and Britain are two nations divided by a common language.
My recent experience suggests that the same applies to Britain and India. I am gradually being educated about what is unacceptable to say in India and what is not understood.
For example, one of the key coaching questions [...]

I am just about to leave for Bangalore. I have spent the last several weeks writing handouts for module two, Personal Coach, of the four module ISEC Coach Certification Program.
I love creating content. In fact much of the content comes from work that I have done over the last few decades. [...]

This saying has been doing the rounds on Twitter:
“Just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.”
This reminded me of Anthony Robbins’ love strategies, which I last covered in October 1994.
Love strategy is about how you give and receive motivational feedback. Think [...]

A few years ago I led a small trade mission to Dubai as part of my strategy to establish a business in Asia. I took along some senior staff from a local further education college that I was helping to review opportunities for growing their international student business.
We had a very positive experience and my [...]

I have had a very good week. Amongst other things, I have become a published author.
A Wealth of bonuses
The Wealth Garden describes practical experience and application of Wealth Dynamics by 34 authors from around the world. This is the first time such experience has been brought together and is an example of the latest [...]

I have been doing three of the things in life that I most enjoy.
And, fortunately, they are all related. I have been developing content for training courses and workshops, I have been organising events and I have been teaching.
What’s more, I have been able to do much of it in the warm [...]

I first introduced this video to celebrate our 200th issue.
Spring in the UK is at least a month behind, but at last we are seeing the daffodils that normally signify St David’s Day (1 March). So I thought it would be appropriate to revisit the Daffodil Principle.
After viewing this inspiring video, someone challenged me [...]

My last year at school coincided with an Olympics and one of the maths masters was chosen to represent England at hockey.
Having at that stage achieved three maths ‘A’ levels, I was asked to stand in for him.
I remember teaching two forms in particular. One was a fifth form for those who were unlikely [...]

Earlier this year I attended a two day sales course with Blair Singer.
Selling is not my strength and I have signed up for the rest of the course in June.
On the Saturday night we had to buy one of his books and then go out and sell it during our dinner break.
I decided that selling [...]

Training in UK, India and Asia
My intensive twelve month personal/professional development programme is coming to a close. In January I studied with Blair Singer and Joel Roberts, both in preparation for the launch of our coach training programme in India. This is progressing well and I expect to announce dates very soon.
We shall [...]

With 15,000 members, of whom 5,600 are credentialled, and with members in 91 countries, the International Coach Federation is clearly successful.
Once again, more than 1,000 members attended the annual conference in North America. In addition, there the ICF holds major conferences in Europe and Asia.
The ICF sets out to be the professional organisation for [...]

Welcome to the 200th edition of CorporateCoach newsletter.
It’s Thanksgiving in the USA, and I am celebrating my 200th editorial. So, it’s definitely time to look back and give thanks.
It seems that this issue of CorporateCoach is going to be a series of lists. But never mind, because they are all links to valuable resources [...]

This editorial is part of my 199th CorporateCoach newsletter.
The first issue was published in February 2001. By total coincidence, I have just discovered that it featured a ‘tools note’ on Setting Well Formed Outcomes. It also included a book review of Built to Last, which I still think is probably the best management book [...]

The weather in the UK has suddenly turned cold after a wonderful ‘Indian summer’. And as we pass the equinox, the nights are drawing in faster, too.
Fortunately for me, I am off to warmer climes for a while. But, when I return, the clocks will have gone back and we shall be plunged [...]

I have long understood that the greatest improvements in the world’s health did not come from doctors or research scientists. They came as a result of building sewers and clean water supplies.
We have just recorded the death of the man who is widely recognised as having saved more lives than anyone else in history. [...]

Welcome back. I might be a frustrated academic, but it has always seemed to me that the real new year is September.
After a long break for rest and recreation, schools and businesses come back with fresh ideas and renewed energy. Time to act and plan for the future. Many companies have financial [...]

In the last issue of CorporateCoach I included my Demartini inspired mission statement summary.
I had been able to develop this as a result of seeing John Demartini’s own mission statement, and my example last week was well received.
This week, therefore, I am repeating the exercise.
For several years I was tempted to write some [...]

I once heard talent defined as: “Easy to learn, easy to do.”
The result is that you do not value it, or even notice it. So, I have another definition. “Talent is what causes you to get irritated by other people’s incompetence.” It is not that they are incompetent, rather that they lack your [...]

I have been watching a programme called Mary Queen of Shops.
It is about a project by Mary Portas to turn a charity shop into a successful business. She comes up with a variety of strategies to change both the image of the shop and the business model.
However, what was interesting to me was [...]

This is an unusual newsletter, so I hope that you will bear with me.
You might have noticed that it is some time since I last produced a CorporateCoach newsletter. My excuse is that we have been working very hard on several launches associated with the Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (BYPY), which was [...]