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Strengthen your Keys to Success!
Author Anne Dickson in her best-seller “Women at Work” describes how in her research for the book, women at middle or senior management “…often feel lonely, unconfident and are working excessively hard to compensate for self-perceived inadequacy”. Women also have … Continue reading
Posted in Personal & Professional Effectiveness, Positive thinking, Supporting Women at Work, Taking control, Tips for Coaches, Women in Business, Women on Boards
Tagged behaviours, career success, comfort zones, communication, feedback, influencing, negotiation, professional coach, restructuring, self-awareness, self-knowledge
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Handling emotions in the business environment
Many of my coaching clients talk to me about how to better handle emotions in the business context. They feel that only hard facts, rational argument and objectivity are important. But centuries of philosophical thought and new psychological studies points … Continue reading
Stressed, Out of Kilter? Relax to a short story
I was reminded last week about the need to help my coach-mentoring clients keep a sense of perspective. There’s a huge pressure to try and out-compete and out-perform rivals in a highly competitive jobs market place, sometimes at the cost … Continue reading
Blue (misery) Monday, or blue-sky thinking?
According to a psychologist, last week was the most depressing of the year with misery levels hitting rock bottom in the 3rd Monday of January known as “Blue Monday”. This apparently is down to a variety of factors conspiring to … Continue reading
Posted in Power Coaching, Taking control
Tagged 'Blue Monday', blue sky thinking, happiness, quality of life, Rhidian Brook, Simon Sharma, Top Tips, wellbeing
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Happy New Year, happy new resolutions?
New year, new thoughts, new plans. I love this time of year when the demands of the Christmas season are over I move into a more reflective mood. As always at this time of year there is the inevitable debate … Continue reading
