It's not the Knowing that's Difficult.....

Working with teams on strategy, leadership and culture, as well as the spaces and connections between them, is where it’s at for Steve and I these days. That’s because our focus has grown from developing an individual’s brilliance and then making the top team sing; to helping that high performing top team create sustainable change in the rest of the organisation.

During the last 10 years, I qualified to deliver Emotional Capital Reports (ECRs) and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and I’ve done several advanced coaching courses that are too geeky to mention. But it doesn’t end there – because it never will. I believe in learning all the time, daily, formally and informally, from experts, from my clients, from Steve (Shhhh – don’t tell him!) and from my daughter.

And when I’m not working or being taught all the flags of the world by my 9-year-old (please don’t test me), I can be found striking a crow pose in yoga or writing short stories and plays – both of which I try and often fail to do on a daily basis. I could happily sit under the shade of a tree reading my Kindle for long stretches of time, but I rarely get the chance (see 9-year-old and the flag education).

If you’re interested in finding more about what we do, I’d love for you to give me a call so we can have a chat.

Having qualified as an EMCC Practitioner in Coaching and Mentoring I started to see the results immediately. I was able to help businesses and their leaders track a path through decisions and priorities more effectively and sustainably. They were actually making things happen. It started to become less of a puzzle. I learnt about the importance of emotional intelligence for leadership effectiveness and certified with Roche Martin ECR in that too.

Since then it has been a fascinating journey learning more and more about what makes businesses and leaders tick, how to help them analyse and decide where their challenges truly lie and, most importantly of all, what to do about them. Decent plans, next steps and decisions are natural outputs but personally the opportunity to be part of a person’s individual development and seeing teams grow and become high performing ones has been the real buzz.

And it’s not all about work. I like climbing, outdoors, mainly because, as a friend of mine once said, ‘we don’t get chased by bears anymore’. I suspect it’s something about getting close to the edge, and the ‘flow’ that’s needed to climb well. I also like to be tested, to put myself in difficult and challenging situations and work out how to solve them. You see I get a bit restless – ‘restlessly dissatisfied’ probably sums it up – I’m always looking for either something new to do or get my teeth into or an interesting person or business to be engaged with (see Grit etc).

I can’t sit down for long (the bad back may have something to do with that!) and the thought of sitting on a beach in the sun for longer than about 10 minutes fills me with dread. What would be in my word cloud? I’d say passion, drive, intensity and determination would probably be up there.

If you’d like a chat with me about how I could make a difference to you and your business, give me a call today.

Having qualified as an EMCC Practitioner in Coaching and Mentoring I started to see the results immediately. I was able to help businesses and their leaders track a path through decisions and priorities more effectively and sustainably. They were actually making things happen. It started to become less of a puzzle. I learnt about the importance of emotional intelligence for leadership effectiveness and certified with Roche Martin ECR in that too.

Since then it has been a fascinating journey learning more and more about what makes businesses and leaders tick, how to help them analyse and decide where their challenges truly lie and, most importantly of all, what to do about them. Decent plans, next steps and decisions are natural outputs but personally the opportunity to be part of a person’s individual development and seeing teams grow and become high performing ones has been the real buzz.

And it’s not all about work. I like climbing, outdoors, mainly because, as a friend of mine once said, ‘we don’t get chased by bears anymore’. I suspect it’s something about getting close to the edge, and the ‘flow’ that’s needed to climb well. I also like to be tested, to put myself in difficult and challenging situations and work out how to solve them. You see I get a bit restless – ‘restlessly dissatisfied’ probably sums it up – I’m always looking for either something new to do or get my teeth into or an interesting person or business to be engaged with (see Grit etc).

I can’t sit down for long (the bad back may have something to do with that!) and the thought of sitting on a beach in the sun for longer than about 10 minutes fills me with dread. What would be in my word cloud? I’d say passion, drive, intensity and determination would probably be up there.

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