How to Survive and Thrive in your Job Without Losing Your Integrity
Over the weekend I watched one of those 'girlie' flicks about a weather girl. The crux of the story: would she give up being who she was to earn lots of money and fame? Or, would she go back to waiting on tables and stay with her true friends and the man she loved? I am sure you can guess the ending!

What Do We Get As A Reward?

One of the many benefits clients tell me they experience from coaching is the opportunity to talk through and have someone listen attentively to their progress - both what's going well and not so well.

Clients really appreciate the time to think about things and take stock. Sometimes when we take action and get great results we don't always feel like we've achieved anything. We look for the gold star to validate our success and make us feel good.

Creating A System For Change

Creating a System For Change - Organisations That Lack Self Awareness Find It Harder To Do Things Differently

You often hear that change begins at the top. Why is that? Well, think about something you've tried to change recently. The thing that you wanted to change, was it totally under your control? If not, how successful were you in making the changes you wanted?

The Hot Air Balloon Joke

Realising he was lost, the man in a hot air balloon reduced altitude and spotted a woman on the ground below.

As he descended further he shouted over to her, ‘Excuse me, please can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don’t know where I am.'

Because the woman wanted to help she explained, 'You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees North latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees West longitude'.

'You must be an engineer' said the balloonist.

One Year On What Can We Learn From Lehman Brothers?

In an article provided by Hogan Assessments in the USA, Personality and Financial Management*, they look at the personality of the CEO at the time of the Lehman Brothers collapse and point to some of the actions he took which ultimately led to its demise.

10 Top Tools For Coaching

What Is Coaching All About?

On October 3rd 2009 Gillian Jones and Ro Gorell's book 50 Top Tools For Coaching goes on sale. Already on Amazon's pre-order list and featured number 1 latest hot release in their Training section - just pipped to the post this week - we've launched our DVD: 10 Top Tools For Coaching.

If you've ever wondered what Coaching is all about then go to this page

http://tinyurl.com/10tools

and sign up for 10 three minute videos that show our top 10 coaching tools.

The Great Wall Of China

I once commented that a new office refurbishment was like the Great Wall of China; completely negating the open plan concept by erecting three meeting rooms where none had been previously.

It was only when I saw the Great Wall on holiday three weeks ago that I realised how significant that comment was.