For the umpteenth time I had yet another one of those frustrating circular conversations with a ‘fellow executive coach’ at the recent EMCC International Coaching and Mentoring Conference in Edinburgh. It went a little like this…FELLOW COACH: “What does CoachDirectors do?”ME: “We provide executive coaches with commercial acumen to businesses. All our coaches have had […]
Continue readingAs a business leader, do you have a company vision and if so how would you describe it?If it is anything beyond being successful, making money, creating a future for all your employees, looking after your clients, creating a legacy; then it would be more than most!This article explores what a company vision really is, […]
Continue readingWe need to change the way we profile people.Throw personality profiling into Google and in no time you’ll be wading through pages and pages of how to’s, testimonials and a thousand books on the subject. The idea’s been with us for a while and a whole industry has grown up around the idea that we […]
Continue readingDon’t you just love the idea of disruptive technology? There seems to be an endless flow of ‘breakthrough’ technologies hitting the headlines almost every week where every advance is hailed as ‘the next big thing’ set to change our lives beyond recognition. The fact that some innovations truly do have the potential to change the world […]
Continue reading“Some people spend too long staring at screens and not enough time engaging with life.” – Paul McGeeSocial Media is addictive, there’s no question of that. It provides that instant hit of gratification, the quick fire dopamine kick we get from watching numbers get bigger. It’s not a new phenomenon, in so far as anything […]
Continue readingAre you ready to make 2017 your best year yet?Join us for an inspirational Company Coaching webinar or seminar and find out how we can help…. Meet us and hear about our vision for the future of coaching Discover ways to end the cycle of ‘feast or famine’ in your own coaching practice Learn how […]
Continue readingYou would be forgiven for thinking the headline ‘Brexit and the Zen Art of Negotiation’ might be the full extent of the government’s actual strategy for negotiating with the E.U. So far, all we know is Brexit means Brexit and of course since Brexit isn’t actually a word, it might well mean nothing at all. […]
Continue readingTelling the future used to be the job of Mystics, Fortune Tellers and Astronomers, but these days like so many other trades they’ve all given way to computers.Computers have in the past proved themselves very reliable in the art of divination and everyone from the Met Office to the Treasury rely on their skills in […]
Continue readingThere’s a particular danger lurking in many an organisation and its name is Groupthink.Groupthink, or ‘happy talk’ as it is known in some circles, is a phenomenon where teams develop an unhealthily positive outlook. The desire for harmony or conformity in the group becomes so overpowering it undermines an organisation’s ability to make rational, healthy […]
Continue readingWith the EU referendum looming, the European business community is taking the opportunity to have a really good scratch of its chin.Think tanks, boffins, IFAs and of course politicians across the continent are all deep in the midst of prophesying equal parts prosperity and doom, depending on which side of the financial fence they are […]
Continue reading