As coaches, we challenge the idea of needing advice! The philosophy of professional coaching is that clients set the agenda and make thei...

If you're a professional coach then you'll know about coach supervision since regular supervision is recommended to deepen our practical ...

How are you focusing on you right now? I'm a natural doer rather than a reflector but even I have had to slow down - I'm grateful for the...

In balance to my last blog about positive belief - "believe I can" - I feel the need for some less positive belief in recognition of the...

I want people to believe they can strive for what they want in life with as much consistent effort they can muster. I want them to believ...

I was amazed to have a LinkedIn post with over 5K views recently. Maybe it helped to have 3 hashtags (I'm learning), or using @ to link s...

I am already committed to the ICF code of ethics and the PMI code of ethics, so it felt easy to sign up to Responsible Project Management...

Having a vibrant coaching discipline in the academic world means that there is constant review of relevant academic findings - neuroscie...

The timing of my last personal coaching supervision session just happened to be perfect to explore an issue ready for the next day. It ma...

When I say I'm a professional coach or project manager, I may create the impression of being a freelancer. What might the difference be i...

17 years ago I became a qualified project manager (PMP) after 'falling into' project management aeound 2000 as it emerged as the way to m...

Once again I find myself having to explain the difference between these two concepts when actually there can be very little difference in...

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Image from Thompson S (2019) Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring Dissertation, Oxford Brookes University

Three times this week I'm been in conversation with people frustrated with the mad world of project work that is common in successful IT-...

If you're worried by robots taking away our jobs, then this article you may find positive. As is typical of technology, some tasks will i...

I listened to a Toastmasters Contest speech on this topic last year.....very interesting! Unfortunately, our subconscious is not that obj...

If you're like me, you've been schooled in the scientific approach looking for hard black or white answers. Rational thinking looks for f...

Trust - a subconscious, subjective quality in any relationship that could be experienced differently by each party, is hard to explain an...

No blog for 2 months! This makes me think of a great poster I once had of eagles and turkeys......the helpful reminder was something like...