As an accredited Resilience coach, I am often asked what helps refresh, restore, and maintain our resilience? There are 3 core enablers, energy, learning and being. Given it is Spring, […]
Coaching
Building our adaptive capability
Timing and pacing. Waxing and waning. A lesson, from my garden, in pacing to maximise productivity and minimise burnout. I enjoy gardening. I grow a good proportion of our fruit […]
The importance of boundaries
Spring has finally ‘sprung’ in England. The sun is warming the soil, sap is rising, bees are out hunting for nectar, birds are nesting, lambs frolicking. Yellow blossom brightens us […]
Coach Supervision
Professional and personal development is so crucial in today’s evolving landscape. Technologies change at pace. Research develops new approaches. Things that worked in the past, cease to be effective. New […]
Ritual and ceremony
You may not be aware that the UK has a major event happening on May 6th; the Coronation of a new King. Most of the population were not alive for […]
Refresh, renew, reset.
One of my core personal principles is lifelong learning, and as a professional coach I both relish and appreciate the requirement for continuous professional development (CPD). Each year I think […]
How much of yourself do you share at work?
When you’re supporting your team through change and transition, you walk with them on the journey at their pace. As you do this, it’s important to be honest and human. If you do not feel able […]
The power of fun
We underestimate the power of fun to unlock creativity, break down barriers and build rapport. It makes us feel good. Helps to build resilience. Connects teams together. How have you enabled the team-building, […]
Act with urgency at times of significant change
First things first, in an emergency you act to preserve life. You don’t apportion blame, spend time asking how the situation came about or start to reflect on what you […]
Have faith that Spring is coming…
Spring is a time of new beginnings. We’ve all been through the darkness of winter, and significant amounts of change. We all still face challenges ahead, and, it’s important to look […]