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Coaching clubhouse podcast: Sharing real-life stories with Adrian Last

Here, I feature on an episode of the ‘Coaching Clubhouse’ podcast with Adrian Last, CMO of ITV, Podcaster and Coach. We talk about the importance of understanding your personal brand, being able to te...
Coaching clubhouse podcast: Sharing real-life stories with Adrian Last

5 Ways to Live your Best Working Life in 2024

OK, first things first. Happy New Year! Let’s kick off 2024 with an interesting question: How do you feel about your job? Happy? Or do you spend the week counting down to the weekend? On average, we s...
5 Ways to Live your Best Working Life in 2024

Creativity at work — Are we getting it wrong?

The other day, I was chatting to a friend about creativity at work. The friend is an award-winning artist — Cara Gordon. She said this: “Nothing is more stressful than being asked to come up with i...
Creativity at work — Are we getting it wrong?

5 Good Reasons to Hold Meetings Outdoors

“Sit as little as possible. Do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement” Nietzche Are you fed up with sitting down? Trapped in endless Zoom meetings, longing for th...
5 Good Reasons to Hold Meetings Outdoors

3 Reasons Why Leaders Should Be Effective Coaches

How many hats are you wearing right now?  No, I don’t mean literally. You may be reading this on the tube. Wearing lots of hats would be weird.  But what about when you’re at work? You wear multip...
3 Reasons Why Leaders Should Be Effective Coaches

What is assertiveness? And why is it so misunderstood?

When a person is described as `assertive’, what springs to mind?  I’m going to make an assumption here. You’re probably thinking of a person who is domineering, loud, over-confident and aggressive.  ...
What is assertiveness? And why is it so misunderstood?

What can a business coach learn from a snowboarder?

A short time ago, I interviewed the snowboarder Jussi Oksanen. Now, I know what you’re thinking: What can a business coach learn from a snowboarder? Jussi Oksanen may be a snowboarding legend, b...
What can a business coach learn from a snowboarder?

What does an Olympic snowboarder know about running a business?

“Your mind says `that’s enough’, but you always have the capacity to do more.” Jussi Oksanen is a Finnish snowboarder. If you’re a snowboarding fan, you’ll know him as `the Finn with the perma-...
What does an Olympic snowboarder know about running a business?

How storytelling can help your career – In conversation with BAFTA award winning TV Producer Amanda Murphy

As an Executive Coach I work with clients to increase their impact – helping them land new promotions, win bigger business, and move forward in their careers.  Central to this is storytelling.  This m...
How storytelling can help your career – In conversation with BAFTA award winning TV Producer Amanda Murphy

‘Open Space Coaching’ – The Benefits Of Coaching Outdoors

One of my favourite coaching techniques to use with a client, especially when they’re facing a challenging decision, is to enable them to clearly visualise each of the paths available to them. As...
‘Open Space Coaching’ – The Benefits Of Coaching Outdoors

Your Journey Back to Work

Welcome to the final article in a three-part series written in support of the Keep Britain Working campaign (you can find the other articles here). My aim in this article is to share with you some tip...
Your Journey Back to Work

Personal Brand – are you owning your story?

Personal Brand is a term many of you will be familiar with, yet it can be so overused that it’s almost become cliché and can be often misunderstood. It isn’t a badge we slap on before a meeting, it’s ...
Personal Brand – are you owning your story?

Finding resilience to weather the storm

Navigating a career storm can be a turbulent experience, when you don’t know what lies ahead. Most of us hadn’t even heard the term ‘furloughed’ until this year, now it’s something we hear everyday. I...
Finding resilience to weather the storm

Are you a Global Cosmopolitan? An interview with VP & MD – Virginie Hollebecque

As a business coach, I work with clients across the globe. Many are at the apex of their careers, occupying senior roles in large, international organisations and to them, working cross-culturally com...
Are you a Global Cosmopolitan? An interview with VP & MD – Virginie Hollebecque

How to Present like a Pro. Top Tips from ex-BBC Presenter

‘Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories’ Alan Kay, Vice President, Walt Disney. As an Executive Coach my rol...
How to Present like a Pro. Top Tips from ex-BBC Presenter

The Power Hour – The Final Step For Success

Have you ever entered a high stakes meeting, a potentially life-changing pitch, or a career-defining phone call and felt that despite all of the preparation, something is still missing? That the work ...
The Power Hour – The Final Step For Success

How A Fixed Mindset Could Be Holding You Back In Business

There was a man called Bob who had been a very bright child. His parents and teachers had complimented him on how smart he was and how good he was at everything. As you might expect, he went on to get...
How A Fixed Mindset Could Be Holding You Back In Business

Why I Felt I Owed It To My Clients To Get My PCC

It all started several years back on a rainy Monday morning taxi ride to the station. “Don’t you wish you could win the lottery so you don’t have to do this?” the driver remarked. I had just completed...
Why I Felt I Owed It To My Clients To Get My PCC

“Why You?” The Foolproof Guide to Interview Success

“Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.” — George S. Clason There was a time when an inflated CV was enough to get you a job before you even entered the roo...
“Why You?” The Foolproof Guide to Interview Success

Five Business Lessons I Learned Walking A Sacred Trail

(And how you can apply it to everyday working life) Photo by Emma Thomson Those who know me well, know that I have a soft spot for luxury resort holidays in the Caribbean. Oh, to feel the white sand u...
Five Business Lessons I Learned Walking A Sacred Trail

Can you sell as well as a street performer?

Have you noticed how almost every aspect of life revolves around selling something? Sometimes it’s plain obvious – “Buy this face cream and look 10 years younger!” – While other time...
Can you sell as well as a street performer?

Could Impostor Syndrome be hurting your career?

Have you ever felt like a fraud at work? Like you didn’t really take the necessary steps to get where you are and that you aren’t as qualified as people think you are? Do you write off your success so...
Could Impostor Syndrome be hurting your career?

What’s Your Legacy?

“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” – Dr Seuss It’s been a sad couple of weeks saying goodbye to so many of the legends that marked our generation. Bet...
What’s Your Legacy?

How To Use Coaching Techniques

If you want to bring out the best in your team and secure better business results, coaching techniques may help you to do this. In the autumn edition of APPOINT HR and Management magazine I share what...
How To Use Coaching Techniques

How your employees’ well-being affects your bottom line…

‘ll let you in on a little secret…In my quest for ever increasing productivity (for myself and my clients), I have been introduced to the simplest yet most sensible theory: Enhanced emotional an...
How your employees’ well-being affects your bottom line…

Are you as Diverse as you think you are?

Have you noticed how diversity has become the new buzzword in business? How so many companies throw it out there, talking about how diverse their Board/executive team/employee base is or should be? Be...
Are you as Diverse as you think you are?

How to be the Brad Pitt of Business – and improve personal impact through form

“Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” — George Burns Confidence. Some people exude it and seem to have been born with an orator’s gifts...
How to be the Brad Pitt of Business – and improve personal impact through form

How an Olympic Snowboarder helped me coach top executives

My brother-in-law is a professional athlete. A snowboarder, to be exact. He has spent the last 17 years of his life jumping off 60 foot cliffs, competing in the Olympics, and accumulating a lot of hea...
How an Olympic Snowboarder helped me coach top executives

Creativity at work — Are we getting it wrong?

In the business world, creativity means fresh ideas, innovation, and new ways to move forward. It’s crucial for success, yet many companies are inadvertently stifling creative thought.

Your Journey Back to Work

Welcome to the final article in a three-part series written in support of the Keep Britain Working campaign (you can find the other articles here).

What’s Your Legacy?

“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” – Dr Seuss It’s been a sad couple of weeks saying

How To Use Coaching Techniques

If you want to bring out the best in your team and secure better business results, coaching techniques may help you to do this. In