Why I ask the obvious questions

Why I ask the obvious questions

If I ask you to think of a butterfly, most likely an image pops into your head. Maybe of the butterfly at the end of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, maybe a Red Admiral or Cabbage White if you grew up like me in the South of England, maybe a big yellow...

Tips on GETTING feedback

Tips on GETTING feedback

We know (most of us) how stressful it can be to have to give someone a piece of feedback that we or they can perceive as negative or critical. I spend quite a lot of my time, both in coaching and in workshops, exploring what makes it hard to give feedback and learning...

Giving it 100%

Giving it 100%

I’ve been thinking hard about this idea of when and whether we are operating at full thrust or not.. And whether we are awarding ourselves A for effort, or impact or both? I’m also teaching a class at the local university this semester with a friend and colleague...

When to Give Up

When to Give Up

When is perseverance and ‘bloody-mindedness’ an asset and when would we be better to change course and come again at the goal from a different angle or, possibly drop it altogether?

Metaphorical Waymarkers

Metaphorical Waymarkers

When do we need to remember? When do we need to forget? The logo of my business is a cairn -  historically a pile of rocks used in celtic and other northern cultures as way-markers to show travelers the path when traversing unfamiliar landscapes. Legend has it that as...