Get the Habit – Habit 4 – Think Win Win
The first three “habits” in Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” are about your personal effectiveness; to quote the author: “You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself…self mastery and self discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.” To refresh your […] Read More...
The Power of Body Language – Recommended TED Talk
Whether you’re about to give a presentation or preparing to go in for an interview, you want to feel and come across as confident and powerful. Did you know that your body language can play a big part? Amy Cuddy explains just how our physiology affects our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and how just […] Read More...
Get the Habit – Habit 3 – First Things First – Managing Priorities
In my first blog on Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Habit 1 taught us that being proactive is an essential underpinning to being more effective; in Habit 2 we explored what we really want to be and do in our lives. Habit 3 is about the way in which we go about […] Read More...
Speak so People Listen – Recommended TED Talk
Listening is one of the key competencies of a coach – we have to listen to our clients, whatever they are saying! Many of the people I work with are managers who want to influence others or those who want to increase their effectiveness in their careers. So I was drawn to the potential tips in […] Read More...
Emotional Capitalists, The New Leaders – Dr Martyn Newman – Book Review
What’s it about? “Emotional capitalists are those extraordinary leaders who recognise that to build a successful business today they must go beyond a focus on traditional financial assets, such as physical capital….and even beyond intellectual capital…to a new focus on emotional capital – the energy, enthusiasm and commitment in the hearts of everyone connected with […] Read More...
Goals! by Brian Tracy – Book Review
Brian Tracy – Goals! How to Get Everything you Want – Faster than you ever thought – July 2010 Even coaches need to step back once in a while and practise what they preach! For me, Brian Tracy is a source of great inspiration and plenty of practical tips on establishing what it is you […] Read More...
Get the Habit – Habit 1- Be Proactive
The first in a series of 7 personal development articles based on the key messages from Stephen Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’. This Habit is an important starting point as all the other Habits depend on it – essentially Proactivity is about having a ‘can do’ attitude to making things happen. The […] Read More...
Project Management “in brief”
Life is full of projects – from family celebration parties and holidays to major house renovations and work challenges. A project can be large or small; short-term or long-term; personal or business related. The same 7 good practice principles will help you to achieve success and avoid the pitfalls of poor planning and control. As […] Read More...
Give me just a little more time
Time is a constant – 60 seconds in every minute, 60 minutes in every hour, 24 hours in every day. We can’t manage time, our most precious resource; we can manage what we do with it. And that is the challenge as our ability to use our time effectively is at the root of achieving more […] Read More...