Recent conversations with fellow coaches have reminded me of a 1-page handout from my time in a team that trained bereavement counsellors. Headed Care for the Caretaker, it listed ways in which those who offer to support to others can support themselves. It began with ‘be gentle with yourself’ and ended with ‘laugh and play!’ […]
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A fellow coach supervisor recently described her interaction with officials who were enforcing fire safety regulations in the shared hallway of her property. Their overbearing and pre-emptory manner was intrusive and she was quickly consumed by fury. Mid melt-down, she realised that being angry wasn’t helping and used all her skills and experience to de-escalate
Until recently, I haven’t been someone who does jigsaws. This changed when visiting friends last year – they were about 70% into a particular kind of puzzle, a wasgij. In a wasgij, you don’t recreate the picture on the box – instead you construct what one of the pictured characters can see or a scene
In my previous post, I wrote about my journey into dedicated followership of both Leadership Embodiment (LE) practices and their founder, Wendy Palmer. Nailing my colours to a mast doesn’t come easily to me – yet of all the leadership resources I’ve come across in 25 years of executive coaching, I’ve found LE to be
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