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Finding your purpose in life

April 15, 2024Graham Wilson Leave a comment

It isn’t unusual for a coach to be approached by a prospective client who explains, in not so many words, that they feel they are lacking a sense of purpose in their life.  So, being able to work with this… Continue reading →

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The breakdown of the NHS

June 5, 2022Graham Wilson Leave a comment

Laura Hayes @laura1127md Dear Patient we have never met, #Radiologists sometimes cry for you and your family, some pray for you, and all of us fight for you. You have more support than you may know. Sincerely, One of your… Continue reading →

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How local groups are organised (pt1)

July 6, 2021Graham Wilson Leave a comment

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, my grandparents were keen members of a number of bowls clubs.  Each weekend and many evenings, in the season, they would be playing against other clubs.  At the end of the season, there would… Continue reading →

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The sound of silence…

August 6, 2020Graham Leave a comment

Cue #1: Simon and Garfunkel – “The Sound of Silence” “And in the naked light I saw | Ten thousand people, maybe more | People talking without speaking | People hearing without listening | People writing songs that voices never… Continue reading →

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Pay It Forward – How job hunters can make a difference

December 16, 2018Graham Leave a comment

THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE EXECUTIVE-POST.INFO ON 30TH JANUARY 2012 If you’ve not already seen it, then do buy or hire a copy of “Pay it Forward” on DVD and watch it. It’s based on a novel by… Continue reading →

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When “professionals” don’t think twice, and snake oil sales go unchecked…

October 16, 2017Graham 1 Comment

In my feed this morning: From someone describing themselves as a “Researcher/SPSS Analyst/Systematic Reviewer/Psychologist/Counsellor & Coach Specialist for Professionals & PhD Students”; This mind/body split (apparantly due to Descartes, a philosopher) is rapidly changing. If you look at recent TV… Continue reading →

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

October 22, 2016Graham Leave a comment

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 →

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Help for those returning to work…

May 14, 2014Graham Leave a comment

An article in HR magazine today highlights the problem that many people, especially those who have been unemployed in the longer term, experience when they get a new job. Roughly 4/5 employees (not just those who ‘return to work’ (RTWs))… Continue reading →

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The history of the Elevator Speech

November 25, 2012Graham 2 Comments

After my previous article on how to use an elevator pitch to engage others, one of my networking colleagues, Phillip Khan-Panni, raised a couple of interesting points about the elevator pitch and I thought I’d address these separately. He was… Continue reading →

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Why leaders need coaching

January 1, 2004Graham Leave a comment

This article was posted on one of my earlier websites as a PDF file. The original file is available here: 018wilson.pdf I’m having a few technology hiccoughs extracting the original text so that it can appear here. For the time… Continue reading →

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