This morning, Business Insider, an online news channel published an article drawn from an Associated Press service. These days, native digital news media are growing in influence – as their non-digital, or hybrid, paper-based alternatives struggle to keep up. The… Continue reading
In the past, I’ve written about ways of structuring letters, emails, and marketing collateral. There’s a really simple formula that has stood the tests of time. If you follow this approach then you needn’t worry about falling foul of this… Continue reading
Do good coaches focus first on helping their clients behave differently or on helping them to evaluate, and possibly change, their beliefs? Some recent research has shown that coaching changes teaching practices without changing teachers’ beliefs; “Implementing instructional coaching using… Continue reading
It seems that the term, integrative, is being very wildly thrown around by a number of coaching practitioners who draw on a number of different disciplines in their work. This article, by the Integrative Psychotherapy Association, nicely explains the meaning… Continue reading
I’ve only once been heckled. It was at an international conference that I was trying to chair and a very senior UK politician got a bit carried away with themselves. I tried to get them to be quiet, then had… Continue reading
In a remarkable bit of succession planning, Prince William is to attend a bespoke agriculture course at the University of Cambridge to prepare him for his inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall when his father, Price Charles succeeds to the… Continue reading
I am forever, it seems, banging on about how important it is to be visible, whether you expect to get a new job, help with your existing one, to keep informed about your field or whatever. Well this random statistic… Continue reading
This is Anti-Bullying Week. Although I often encounter it, this probably wouldn’t have hit my radar if it wasn’t because I’m teaching some relatively young students at The Oxfordshire Business and Enterprise School (TOBES) right now. There’s a very thought… Continue reading
Coaching Understood – A pragmatic inquiry into the coaching process Elaine Cox Sage 2013 ISBN 978-0-85702-826-6 £24.99 Coaching is an extraordinarily diverse field. Aside from the technical coaching environment, epitomised by sports coaches and personal trainers, it ranges from individuals… Continue reading
One of my original guides – produced to accompany a talk that I often used to be called on to give to senior executive gatherings – was “Acquiring Gravitas”. You can download a copy here: https://www.the-confidant.info/2010/acquiring-gravitas-sometimes-called-charisma/. It’s a theme that… Continue reading
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