Time to Talk – My perspective and personal experience
My experiences of the value in making time to talk, both on resilience workshops that I run as well as my personal experiences whilst dealing with grief.
Outputs from #cipdACE World Cafe session on ‘Reducing Stress and Supporting Mental Health at Work’
At this CIPD Annual Conference session on Thursday 8th November 2018, Nicky Ingham spoke about her own personal story of struggling with this, Ian Pettigrew spoke about the need to address organisatio ...
Jennifer Hulme – True Strength Podcast – Episode 12
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Jennifer Hulme. The interview has lots of insights into how Jenn su ...
The truth can set you free
Feedback is key to improvement for both people and teams, but seems to be an elusive commodity at times. My model of compassionate truth helps to make sense of what needs to be said.
Why playing to your strengths isn’t like competing in the decathlon or heptathlon
Helping people play to their strengths has been a major part of my work for over 10 years and - as a Gallup-certified strengths coach - I spend a lot of my time helping people work with their strength ...
Claire Haigh – True Strength Podcast – Episode 11
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Claire Haigh. The interview has lots of insights into how Claire s ...
Case Study – IT Leadership Programme for Salford Royal NHS FT
A case study of an IT Leadership Programme developed and delivered by Kingfisher Coaching for Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, helping leaders to get the best of themselves and others.
Global Recognition and Engagement
A session by Jeff Birk (O.C. Tanner) - @jtbirk @octanner - about recognition, appreciation, and engagement.
Many leaders are ‘ineffective’ at crucial people management skills (CIPD HR Outlook survey)
The latest CIPD HR Outlook survey highlights how people-related Leadership skills are much-needed and sorely lacking. In this blog post, I share my experiences of how we can change that.
Gary Cookson – True Strength Podcast – Episode 10
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gary Cookson. Gary is a HR Director, speaker, and blogger. The inte ...
Cormac Russell – True Strength Podcast – Episode 9
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Cormac Russell of Nurture Development. Cormac is an expert in Asset ...