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Change can come about from a chance conversation, a book recommendation or an inspirational quote. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou

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A balancing act
Mon 10th October, 2016

Have you ever noticed how people are half full or half empty, happy or sad, rich or poor, full or hungry or see life as either black or white?  We live in a multi-coloured and multi-faceted world with an abundance of choice, yet for most of us we seem to default to looking at life as […]

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Creating a coaching culture at work
Thu 8th September, 2016

The largest international independent coaching body, the ICF, undertook some research in 2014 to understand how coaching is being applied in a variety of small to large organisations across North America.  They found that 60% of organisations demonstrated that they had a strong coaching culture and they not only had more engaged staff, but also […]

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Life is not black and white – by Kate Flory and Di Airey
Wed 17th August, 2016

Life is not Black and White In coaching we are used to working outside of the lines.  If you believe there are only two solutions, an effective coach would encourage you to come up with 4 or 5.  If you see the world as black and white, again a coach would help you find the […]

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Unconscious bias
Mon 25th July, 2016

You have probably come across the Conscious Competence Learning Model Matrix at some point moving from unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, unconscious competence to conscious competence.  In other words, you move from not knowing what you don’t know right to knowing what you do know. I personally think unconscious bias follows this competency model.  You only […]

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Sunshine on toast
Wed 6th July, 2016

Let’s just imagine for a moment…… You wake up one morning and as you start the day you automatically look for the good things in life; the shower working and even better hot water, having enough time to leisurely eat breakfast, your favourite song playing on the radio or simply enjoying the morning banter with […]

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