I’m a leader, not a personal counsellor

We once held an amazing workshop with a junior football squad (development team) in London, and connected them with a group of business leaders to share learning and ideas…

“I can’t reward myself until I make my first million in my business,” my 17-year-old client said…

For a few years now coaching has been a fairly mainstream offering. Most businesses have engaged a coach or team of coaches at some stage in the journey.

It’s always a good feeling to know that so many people love our content. And it’s great to see that after a workshop or presentation people often contact us wanting more.

Let’s face it, leadership is hard. And effective leadership requires skills in areas like neuroscience, psychology, performance, burnout (and the list goes on…..). These aren’t skills that anyone is just born with.

As coaches, we listen. We listen really, really well. We listen so well that we don’t hear our own thoughts anymore.

I still remember in my very first job with one of the big accounting firms that work started at 8.45am (or earlier) and finished at 5.15pm at the earliest. Lunch was from 1pm to 2pm. And definitely not 12.59 to 2.01. And that was for everyone – not just the new kids like me.

Much of the work that we do is around helping people tap into “what’s possible?” Due to our experiences, limiting beliefs and the general day to day “busy-ness” of life we often get blinkered into accepting “what is” instead of what’s possible.

I recently set up a Google Alert to email me daily on the key word search ‘High Performance Coach/ing’. If you’re not familiar with this function, it’s a content notification service that sends emails when it finds new results—such as web pages, newspaper articles, blogs or scientific research—which match your search terms. It’s been interesting, […]

  “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you are a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.” Bill Gates If you’ve had a good coach before, then this blog is like preaching to the choir. You already know that with a coach challenging you, showing you who you are […]