Perceptions à la Covey
As I left my client in Cumbria earlier today, we were sharing our understanding of Stephen Covey’s ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ he had just started reading. I explained that one of my...
View ArticleBetter Leaders Get The Best From Everyone
Every team has a make up of a variety of people, all of whom have different skills, characteristics and above all styles. If you have balance, you will have a blend of types so that each complements...
View ArticleA ‘Thank You’– Small And Effective
When we look at the kinds of things that motivate people, it’s not hard to find them. Indeed, all we have to do is to think of the times that we, ourselves, have felt motivated when we’ve done...
View ArticleStephen Covey – My Life Changer
It is with deep regret that I heard of the loss of Stephen Covey. 14 years ago, I was helping out a group of trainers in a management development centre. A manager of almost 25 years myself at that...
View ArticleA Lesson in Trust From a Little Girl
A little girl and her father were crossing a narrow bridge. The father was worried for his daughter’s safety so he asked her: “Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river”....
View ArticleMore Creative Than We Think
There was a time in my corporate life where I would never have given a thought to my capacity, or even need for creativity. Sure, we all went along to assessment centres and made nuclear power stations...
View ArticleTen Ways to be Happier at Home
Here’s a super little 1 minute video from Gretchen Rubin – enjoy! The post Ten Ways to be Happier at Home appeared first on Coach Train Learn.
View ArticleMaking Progress is What Counts
Life is about progress. We aim to improve; achieve; get better; feel good about ourselves in almost everything we do. Yet we often make the mistake of believing that the challenges we face are simply...
View ArticleCircles of Influence – Taking Control Back
Are there things in the world that frustrate you? Do people drive you crazy and make you mad? And if so, what do you do to get control back? In many ways, the frustrations we feel when something is...
View ArticleDo You Dare To Dream?
Cool little video on dreaming, goal setting, comfort zones, vision, feeling the fear and more. So, do you dare to dream? The post Do You Dare To Dream? appeared first on Coach Train Learn.
View Article10 Things You Don’t Want To Hear But Really Need To
This is a great guest post about change, by Ali Davies, a coach and trainer I truly respect and enjoy. You’ll find her details at the bottom of the piece. “When you are trying to create change in your...
View ArticleLeaders – The Differences We Make
Every single one of us makes a difference. In our daily interactions with people, we affect them in some small, often insignificant ways. And sometimes bigger ways too. Whether it’s the questions we...
View ArticleGetting the Help You Need
For most of us, the most significant critic we have lies within us. It can damage the opportunities we have to be our best and realise our potential. It steals up on us in the most unexpected moments...
View ArticleRight is Not Always Best
When you’re at the top of your particular tree, there are some conventions that it’s hard to shake. If you’re a CEO or a team leader, you got there at least in some way through skill, results and...
View ArticleLimited or Limitless? Your Employees’ Potential
When you step up into leadership roles – at whatever level – there is something you have to leave behind. For moving up a stage means that some of the hands-on work you did, now becomes the role of...
View ArticleGo With Your Employees’ Flow
It’s that time of year again when the natural world hunkers down, casts off its excesses and prepares for new growth through the fruits it has produced with the summer sun. On Autumn days like these, I...
View ArticleYes and No. It’s a Leadership Choice
Every decision we make, in business—in life in general—is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other – there are no variances to this. Because it’s as simple as ‘Yes’...
View ArticleFor Great Leadership, Trust is Vital
There are a hundred and one different sorts of leader out in the world – more than that – of course! Some are better than others and there are many different ways to achieve success. There are the hard...
View ArticleWhose Tree is it Anyway?
There are days where we can feel as though people take advantage of us. They may bully or intimidate to get what they want. They may seem to have little feeling for anyone else apart from themselves....
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