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 world's finite reso...

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 believe that keeping going...

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 specific contacts (ag...

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. Yet RPM attempts t...

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

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

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 if I had a clear busi...

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

Once again I find myself having to explain the difference between these two concepts when actually there can be very little difference in how they're done. S...

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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-related start-up bus...

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 inevitably be removed...

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

If you're like me, you've been schooled in the scientific approach looking for hard black or white answers. Rational thinking looks for facts, evidence and t...

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

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 "you cannot soar wi...

I get frustrated with lack of understanding and discrimination between coaching and mentoring. I've met people who will argue what one person says is coachin...

I was at Brian Cox's last show of 2017 tour in May.. His passion is clear. His message to others is the enormity of the universe and potential uniqueness of ...

I often talk to people who have a lot of things on their plate. I probably attract that type of person because I naturally have lots too, so I'm likely to sh...