The core of our coaching process is based on supporting an inward quest – the discovery and articulation of your core self, and the expansion of your self-awareness. Our belief is that the most impactful and enduring answers are within us, and the coaching process facilitates the insight that helps us find them. As we find greater alignment with who we are, we create the energy and flow to fulfill our personal and professional goals. These posts and blogs reflect our thinking and our approach.
The financial year reset is upon us, and with it comes the sacred ritual of budget planning. Across boardrooms, spreadsheets glow with freshly projected figures, and leaders make the annual pilgrimage to debate costs, investments, and—somewhere in the mix—employee wellbeing. Traditionally, this conversation culminates in a well-intentioned yet predictable line item: the grand annual offsite. …
Love in leadership? I know, it sounds like something you’d hear at a retreat or from a guru who’s never had to meet a deadline. But hear me out what if I told you that the same thing that makes a band of superheroes unstoppable might also be the key to leading a high-performing team? …
𝐈𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮?” 𝐈𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 “𝐈’𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲,” 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞. How often do we respond to “How are you?” with “I’m busy” as if that somehow validates our worth? Jennifer Garvey Berger’s conversation on The Conscious Hospitality Podcast with David Arraya made me realise that busyness is often a mask. …
Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar, has been known to say that he considers smart people, working together as more important than good ideas. To some that is quite shocking, coming from a creative powerhouse that has spawned ideas into blockbusters. But, a closer look at Pixar’s culture reveals that collaborating may actually be Pixar’s …
In 1911, Endicott, New York, a company called “Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR)” was founded by Herman Hollerith, Charles Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr. A company we now know as IBM. The founders enshrined three core values into the company: “Respect for the individual”, “The best customer service” and “The pursuit of excellence”. The values that were meant …
In his book, The Ride of a Lifetime, Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, compellingly tells the story of the time he was in Shanghai to open Disney’s first park in China. He was preparing for a grand, star-studded event, when he got the news of a little boy succumbing to an alligator attack in …
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The leadership Quest is The Human Quest. As we live fully into who we are, the purpose we were born to fulfil, we grow as leaders who make a real impact.
As a Coach, as a Leader and as a Leader who is a Coach, perhaps the greatest gift to the self and others is a Beginner’s Mindset. It is the ability to be fully present, listen actively and not be thinking “I already know the answer to this”.
My coach once asked me: What is that one thing that holds you back from doing what you want? I said: Overthinking. The consequence is inaction. Analysis-paralysis – that’s my biggest challenge. I was reminded of this when my friend T, called me a couple of days ago, to give me the big news that …
