University of Oxford – Advanced Coaching Course – Summer 2017

Absolutely delighted that the Oxford University Advanced Coaching course is being repeated this year. The feedback from the students last academic year was fantastic, and I am looking forward to working with the 2017 cohort. We’ve moved the programme from… Continue reading

Climate and Leadership Film Screening – Update

The haunting tones of an excerpt from Neil Young’s latest album, Earth, heralded the start of the second RSA Watch Oxford. A dozen Fellows, from a representatively wide range of occupations, ages, and types of institution, met to explore climate… Continue reading

Climate and Leadership Film Screening – Oxford – 23rd January

On Monday 23rd, at 6:30pm, I’m hosting a screening of three videos and a subsequent discussion about CLIMATE AND LEADERSHIP on behalf of the RSA (Royal Society for the Arts). It’s in Oxford. You are VERY welcome to attend –… Continue reading

Finding better ‘quality’ information on the internet

Let’s be clear – I am not suggesting that the myriad of opinion editorial pieces, lists of ten most amazing skin conditions, ten-step programmes to a better marriage, or photo-collages of the best dressed man’s daily sartorial selections, are NOT… Continue reading

Oxford University – Group Coaching Course 2017

Very excited to have heard, this week, that the brand new University of Oxford “Group Coaching” course has already got sufficient students enrolled for it definitely to be going ahead! The course is running over two consecutive weekends in Oxford… Continue reading

Am I ever going to write any more books?

Writing books can certainly be an awful lot of work. Especially when collaborating – in my experience! 8-( Personally, I don’t measure the ROI of a book (in this context) in terms of its royalties. I’ve written nine and the… Continue reading

What swimming coaching can tell you about… well, life actually!

In life, as in almost everything, we depend on models. Not specifically the plastic kits, Meccano sets, or nearly anonymous cat-walk stars. We DO depend on them but they are each just one variety of a much larger phenomenon. Models… Continue reading

Creativity Film Screening and Discussion – Oxford 24/10/16

This Monday (24th) I’m hosting a screening of four short videos and a subsequent discussion about CREATIVITY on behalf of the RSA (Royal Society for the Arts). It’s in Oxford. You are VERY welcome to attend – you do NOT… Continue reading

Oxford University – Introduction to Coaching courses 2016

I am absolutely delighted that applications for the redesigned, University of Oxford “Introduction to Coaching” course are now open! The course is running in BOTH Oxford and Reading Universities this Autumn – take your pick!  It will be the same… Continue reading