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Stop Using Terms You Don’t Fully Understand

In the coaching industry, jargon has become an all-too-common feature. It’s as if we believe that using complex terminology legitimises the coaching process, making it sound more sophisticated than it actually is. But, the truth is, coaching is an incredible tool for leadership development on its own – it doesn’t need to be propped...

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Why Senior Leaders Should Adopt a Coaching Approach 

In today’s fast-evolving business environment, senior leaders need to do more than just manage; they must coach. Leaders who embrace coaching as a core element of their leadership style foster environments that drive both individual and organisational growth.  1. Coaching for Employee Development  Traditional management styles often focus on directing and controlling employees. Coaching, however,...

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Clearing the Fog: How Leaders Can Turn Communication into Action and Performance

Introduction As coaches and consultants, we work across a variety of organisations, and one issue we frequently encounter when addressing underperformance or inaction is a failure in communication. This is not necessarily a failure to communicate – this distinction is crucial. It’s not that leaders aren’t talking to their teams; it’s that the message...

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Helping new teams shift gears to high performance

When teams transition they can lose momentum and, as a result, the progress towards key organisational impacts can stall. This transition could take the shape of a: Significant team changes like these can hinder the delivery of key outcomes and you have a crucial decision to make at this point. Do you invest in...

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Stop messing about with your teams…

…they are too important. At the risk of being criticised as a spoilsport or curmudgeon, I urge you to stop wasting valuable time and money on team building activities, team away days and corporate team events. Yes, I have a personal bias – I can’t stand ‘forced fun.’ But my concern is more a...

It’s time for your new New Year’s resolutions

If, like most of us, you are “hopelessly average,” to quote Tom Bilyeu, all your good intentions around what you were going to achieve in 2023 have already turned to dust and you are back where you were in 2022. Or perhaps, even further back than that. Except, you are probably a bit more...

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