From Seth Godin’s Blog Hardly worth the effort In most fields, there’s an awful lot of work put into the last ten percent of quality. Getting your golf score from 77 to 70 is far more difficult than getting it from 120 to 113 or even from 84 to 77. Answering the phone on theContinue reading “Hardly worth the effort – More Wisdom from Seth”
Category Archives: Coaching
Cautious Optimism Is For Amateurs – Doug Emerson
Doug Emerson is a horseman and coach with a niche coaching owners of livery stables in the USA. This recent item from his newsletter struck a personal chord with me. Cautious Optimism Is For Amateurs As the chute opens, is the rodeo bull rider cautiously optimistic about the next eight seconds? Were the signers ofContinue reading “Cautious Optimism Is For Amateurs – Doug Emerson”
Who judges your work? – Seth Godin
From Seth’s blog I do wish someone had explained this fully to me when I was 16 or 18 or 20 or 30. Here’s the mistake we make in high school: We let anyone, just anyone, judge our work (and by extension, judge us.) Sue, the airheaded but long-legged girl in Spanish class gets theContinue reading “Who judges your work? – Seth Godin”
Simon Tyler – Intangibly Articulate a film by Nic Askew
This is a wonderful film about what “coaching” is or isn’t and does or doesn’t. intangibly inarticulatable from Nic Askew on Vimeo.
Kolbe Wisdom™ – The Striving Instincts and Beyond.
Last time I introduced the principles behind the Kolbe Wisdom™. How, by using the 32-question Kolbe A Index, it is possible to identify the striving instincts that drive natural behaviours. I outlined the four Conative Characteristics: Fact Finder – Gathering and sharing of information. Follow through – Sorting and Storing Information. Quick Start – DealingContinue reading “Kolbe Wisdom™ – The Striving Instincts and Beyond.”
More – a film about more by Nic Askew
It has been a challenging and rewarding week that has seen me finally face up to one of the biggest “elephants in my room”. This isn’t the place to share the details but I am in a blinkers on mode and wanted to make a permanent record of the fact that I have made aContinue reading “More – a film about more by Nic Askew”
Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? – Philip Humbert
From Philip Humbert’s most recent newsletter, subscribe at his website http://www.philiphumbert.com Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? Every successful business leader has a clear answer to this vital question: Why are you building this company? Who does it serve and what’s your greater purpose? Answering these questions costs you very little, and it canContinue reading “Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? – Philip Humbert”
The Ubiquity of Competition – Seth Godin
From the ever excellent and thought provoking Seth Godin. How does this apply to you? The ubiquity of competition Sure, there are playoffs in football, but competition is everywhere, we just forget to notice it. There are three hundred photographers looking for work in a particular specialty. One puts a creative commons license on hisContinue reading “The Ubiquity of Competition – Seth Godin”
10 Actions To Take Your Leadership and Management Success To The Next Level by Duncan Brodie
Nice piece by Duncan Brodie. 10 Actions To Take Your Leadership and Management Success To The Next Level Action 1: Do an honest self assessment It might be tough to do but if you are serious about moving forward, you need to take a long hard look at where you are right now in termsContinue reading “10 Actions To Take Your Leadership and Management Success To The Next Level by Duncan Brodie”
Authentic Leadership by Neil Crofts
Nice blog piece by Neil on Leadership It is always exciting when our most urgent need and our greatest opportunity coincide. In both the public and the private sectors we have an urgent need for great leadership. Not just any old great leadership, but authentic, great leadership. Firstly – What is Authentic Leadership? In myContinue reading “Authentic Leadership by Neil Crofts”
The Incisal Edge 