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0 The Art of Great Conversation

“What a great conversation…” I’d hear that phrase often as my parents rescued me from my indifferent babysitter. I didn’t care much for the after-dinner party debrief, but I’d remember being fascinated by the art of the conversation. Oddly though, try as they might, they could never seem to remember what this great conservation had […]

0 Is Human Connection in decline?

Human Connection: Are we losing it? As a species, we are hurtling through technology at speeds hitherto unheard of. Our planet is now so small we could circumnavigate it over a bank holiday and talking to people in different time zones is such a common occurrence that we seldom notice we’re doing it. The truth is […]

0 Robots taking over

Robots taking over We know it’s coming, we’ve been warned repeatedly. Robots are going to be taking over our jobs. Previous predictions have suggested that manual jobs were likely to be the first to go and if you work in manufacturing, logistics or the service industry, now would be a good time to take that course you […]

0 Lack of Sleep Can Hinder Your Leadership Skills

For many leaders, a lack of sleep can sometimes be seen as something to take pride in. In the office, people often mention how little sleep they’ve had as if this fact demonstrates their effectiveness, dedication, or ambition. It may seem like the best way to get ahead of the pack is to skip out […]

2 Create a functional framework for future growth

Tired and overworked businessman sitting beside desk at office at night

Improve your company’s productivity by 30% and create a functional framework for future growth Three questions CEOs often ask themselves… “Am I, as CEO, the bottleneck holding back the company’s progress?” “Where are my energies focused – on Today, Tomorrow or the Future?” “How engaged are my teams and how much energy and focus are they delivering?” And how […]

0 Confidence Coaching for Self-Assurance

From defining self-confidence to explaining confidence coaching… here are my latest thoughts. But first, a little quotation… “Confidence and deference are not mutually exclusive, and it’s usually a lack of deference rather than excess of confidence that gets powerful people into trouble.” – Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer Confidence has proven hard to define over the years. […]

10 A Buyer’s Guide to Coaching and Mentoring

Coaching & Mentoring 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. 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 […]

0 The Short Guide to GDPR

You’d have to have been living in a cave for the last 12 months not to have come across these four letters… GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation is a new EU ruling which in layman’s terms enshrines the protection of personal data by law. Our short guide to GDPR is for busy business people who […]

0 Don’t meno-pause your career

International Women’s Day As we celebrate International Women’s Day this year and reflect on the achievements of women and the many challenges that they are still faced with, what really strikes me is how often women remain silent about the issues that are really affecting them. This phenomenon was blown wide open this year with the […]

0 Have you defined your strategic direction?

Strategic Direction The majority of business owners manage their strategic planning process by making annual sales and revenue forecasts towards their financial year end, for one to five years. Is this you? Have you also identified how well the functional areas in your business interact and whether they are appropriately proportioned to the whole? If you […]

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