Author Archive
Are you working too hard?
It was interesting to read a recent interview with Sheryl Sandberg (The COO of Facebook) in which she confessed to something that she has only recently had the confidence to confess:
I walk out of this office every day at 5:30 so I'm home for dinner with my kids at 6, and interestingly, I've been doing... Read & Comment »
The opportunity of redundancy
The word ‘redundancy’ has so many negative connotations associated with it and it would be easy for people facing redundancy to feel like they’ve failed, to be worried, to feel like they’re not in control. They’re not the feelings I associate with redundancy. I think of opportunity, of excitement, of being in charge of your own destiny. I’m not...
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The power of introverts
Susan Cain has recently published 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking' and she makes some really important points. One of her important reminders is of just how different extroverts are from introverts, even if many people are categorised as ambiverts in being a bit of both. For those extroverts that don't understand what it...
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The Strategic Latte
Most people fall way, way short of fulfilling their potential and it happens for loads of different reasons. It is all to easy to lose sight of your goals, to get bogged down, to spend time on the wrong things or to try to do everything. Coaching can play a major part in unlocking performance, but you don't actually need...
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Why you shouldn’t follow advice
There is plenty of advice around and plenty of people willing to offer it! Every time I look on Twitter, Linkedin, at my RSS feeds or the Podcasts I've got saved for long journeys, I see loads of advice being offered and lots of case studies, best practices, motivational quotes, and 'success secrets'! There is a lot of good material,...
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Why ‘Kingfisher’ Coaching?
I found it quite a challenge to name my business. For some time, I'd had a working title in my mind of 'Eudaimonia Coaching', after an excellent lecture on the concept of Eudaimonia by Professor Charles Handy a few years ago. As a business name, it had lots of appeal to me as it is all about...
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What I blog & tweet about
To set some context, Kingfisher Coaching (which is me) does three main things: - Runs in-house courses and workshops for companies, of which the flagship is the 2-day 'coaching for peak performance in yourself and others' - Works with teams to help them become high-performing - Provides 1:1 coaching (to a wide mix including CEO's, senior people, high-performers, poor performers,...
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