Psychological Safety: The Strategic Role of Failure Management in Modern Workplaces

In today’s rapidly evolving work environment, characterized by constant change and growing complexity, failure is inevitable. Traditionally, failure has been perceived negatively, often leading to the abandonment of projects and ideas. This outdated perception hinders innovation and growth. In my approach to execution, acknowledging the possibility of not achieving set objectives is crucial for any…

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Transform Your Life: The Power of Conscious Choices

Decades ago, I experienced a profound shift in perspective that transformed my personal and professional life. This newfound clarity led to achievements and qualities I hadn’t known before, rooted in the understanding that every expression of a person is a choice. Evaluating the effects of our choices is a subsequent step; the key is recognizing…

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The courage to experiment

Success is a function of the number and quality of experiments you run, every year, every month, every day. It is crazy to believe that we can get there only thanks to good analysis and good planning at the first execution, without the learning achieved through the conceptualization that derives from observation and reflection on…

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Antifragility serves you a favour

Each of us responds to adversity differently. There are those who react quickly, those who resist, those who adapt, those who protect themselves. To be stronger, ready to change and improve, it is essential to become anti-fragile. To understand the concept of antifragility, it is necessary to define its direct opposite: fragility. A system is…

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Thoughts for the start of 2016 …..

As we enter a new year in the complex world in which we live, I am mindful of the amount of stress many of our clients are trying to work through in their professional lives alone, on top of the complications of home challenges and world events. Last year, a client started his coaching session by…

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Successful Female Leaders

Carina Furlong, a student on our MA Coaching programme is modelling successful female leaders. Having sent her the following article we thought we would share it with you; Women are often appointed leaders of some of the most successful companies in their most critical moments. Some well known examples are: the appointments of the prime…

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WIN Conference

There are only 4 weeks to the opening of the 14th Global WINConference where I have the priviledge of being invited to be one of four resident coaches. There are outstanding individuals attending this year from company CEOs, Presidents, Managing Directors, Professors, Entrepreneurs, Artists and Consultants. Kristin Engvig, W.I.N. Founder and Director says that “…

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Coaching in the Global Village

COACHING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE How could I resist posting this brilliant short film by Nic Askew. The idea of coaching as empowerment is so poignant and often gets overlooked as coaches get brought in as a remedial alternative to disciplinary action! Dr Patrick Williams’ concept of coaching globally, not just reserving it for top execs,…

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Hope

This week I wrote a guest Blog for Jeff Weigh’s Rise and Shine Blog. Just a few thoughts to get you thinking over your morning coffee. This morning I’m thinking about Hope. That old thing left in Pandora’s box. But instead of being the last out, I’m thinking about hope as the first. This was…

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