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How a Leadership Coach Can Lead the Way Through Turbulent Times

Leadership Coach

Why Leadership Coaching Is Now A Business Essential: Thrive In Uncertain Times   The Importance of Leadership Coaching In today’s ever-changing business climate, marked by the unpredictability of recent years, including the Covid pandemic and escalating prices, the importance of leadership coaching cannot be overstated. It has become a business essential, equipping organisation with the…

Overcoming Self-Consciousness: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Personal Growth

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Is Your Self-Consciousness Holding You Back? Zoe was in a meeting when she first realised what was happening to her. The discussion had been going round and around in circles, never getting anywhere. She was feeling frustrated that people couldn’t see the obvious solution. She looked at her boss and caught her eye. Turning to…

Hope in Leadership: 5 Strategies Inspirational Leaders Use

Hope in Leadership

5 strategies to inspire hope in leadership When I ask people if hope in leadership matters, usually they say something like, “I guess so” or “Possibly.” The answers are wishy washy, yet hope matters, especially when the going gets tough. We all hope for something but in daily life, our hopes are general. We hope…

Why Do Companies Hire Executive Coaches? Discover the ROI and Benefits of Executive Coaching

Why do companies hire executive coaches

Why do companies hire executive coaches? Recently I was asked why companies hire me as an executive coach. Surely people at such senior levels had already completed leadership training and had all the skills they need for their roles? It was a good question and today I’d like to share my thoughts and experience regarding…

Breaking the Grip of Influence: 4 Strategies to Make Decisions as a Strong Leader

Influence

Hold your own power: stop letting others influence your decisions. American actor, James Hong, is quoted as saying “Live how you want to live, not being influenced by others around you.” He could just have accurately said, “Lead how you want to lead…” One of your key responsibilities as leader is to make decisions. Some…

CEOs Reap the Benefits of Executive Coaching in a Post-COVID World

CEOs

Why Future-oriented CEOs are Seeking Coaching and Why You Should, too. Over the past couple of years, CEOs have been facing challenges that are complex and difficult to navigate. Whether it’s supply chain shortages, lack of reliable or trained staff, or a crippling fear of an upcoming recession, these problems are making huge waves in…

The importance of identifying priorities: How to live a life with purpose

Priorities

3 fundamental steps to living life in tune with your priorities. ‘You pass this way but once. There’s no such thing as normal. There’s you and there’s the rest. There’s now and there’s forever. Do as you damn well please or you could end up being a pot-bellied, hairless boring fart.’ Billy Connolly said that…

Take Your Performance to the Next Level: A Guide for the Ambitious

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Are you satisfied with your performance? As we move further into the year, it’s a good time to reflect on your performance so far. While we’re a few months into the year already, it’s never too late to assess how you’ve been doing and use that information to make improvements going forward. It’s important to…

Mastering Adaptability: 5 Tips to Achieving Success in Leadership

Adaptability

Adaptability: 5 ways to build this essential skill for business and leadership survival. Did you know YouTube was originally created as a dating site? Neither did I until recently. The founders hoped people would upload videos of themselves talking about what they look for in an ideal partner. It didn’t work. Bang went that idea.…

How to define success and master your mindset to achieve it

how to define success

How to define success and master your mindset to achieve it Do you remember the days when any talk of mindset would be consigned to the realm of hippies and woo-woo spirits? I do. When I was growing up, I met many people who believed that hard work was the only key to success. That’s…