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What is resilience?

By Ian Pettigrew on July 13, 2012   /   True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: reorganisation, strengths, resilience

Part 2 of a series on Personal Resilience, looking at resilience in terms of ‘bounce-back-ability’ and some warning signs to watch out for.

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Are you working too hard?

By Ian Pettigrew on May 10, 2012   /   True Strength, Action, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, productivity, resilience

Part 1 of a series on Personal Resilience: How hard are you working? Is it right for you? Is it sustainable? If you’re consistently working 60 hours each week, you might be achieving less than if you worked 40 hours.

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The opportunity of redundancy

By Ian Pettigrew on May 9, 2012   /   True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, My thoughts  
Tags: change, reorganisation, redundancy
Redundant

A reflection on my own experiences of redundancy, and of how it opened up a world of opportunities.

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The power of introverts

By Ian Pettigrew on March 22, 2012   /   Book reviews  
Tags: leadership, strengths, book review

On Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

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The Strategic Latte

By Ian Pettigrew on December 14, 2011   /   True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, reflection, ideas, inspiration

Every time I have a Strategic Latte, I come away inspired, refreshed, reminded about why I do what I do and the bigger impact I want to make , full of ideas, and with a plan to overcome any obstacles that have cropped up.

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Why you shouldn’t follow advice

By Ian Pettigrew on December 8, 2011   /   My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, GROW, reflection

There is a lot of advice around and plenty of people offering it although it may not be the best place to look for answers.

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Why ‘Kingfisher’ Coaching?

By Ian Pettigrew on November 27, 2011   /   My thoughts  
Tags: coaching, inspiration

This is the story of what inspired me to name my business ‘Kingfisher Coaching’

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What I blog & tweet about

By Ian Pettigrew on September 26, 2011   /   My thoughts  
Tags: leadership, social media, coaching

What I blog and tweet about (and why), and what I don’t.

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Business Model Innovation

By Ian Pettigrew on July 13, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation

A summary of an excellent workshop on Business Model Innovation – run by Corridor Connections at the Manchester Digital Development Agency on 12th July 2011

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Bringing People and Projects together

By Ian Pettigrew on July 6, 2011   /   Guest blog posts  
Tags: leadership, Project management, engagement

This guest post looks how to work with a group of project managers to ensure that projects are well run.

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The Lean Startup

By Ian Pettigrew on June 27, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, book review

Eric Ries gave an excellent Authors@Google presentation on his forthcoming book, The Lean Startup.

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Are you following the unclear path?

By Ian Pettigrew on June 25, 2011   /   True Strength  
Tags: change, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation

Reflections on a talk by Tara Hunt on what it takes to be an entrepreneur and face the unclear path.

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    • Resilience ( 42 )
    • Truth ( 31 )
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  • True Strength Podcast ( 23 )
  • Book reviews ( 14 )
  • Retrak (charity) ( 4 )
  • Guest blog posts ( 3 )
  • Events (live blogging) ( 112 )
    • CIPD L&D Show 2017 ( 4 )
    • CIPD NAP 2016 ( 4 )
    • CIPD L&D Show 2016 ( 3 )
    • #cipd15 ( 9 )
    • HR Directors Business Summit 2016 ( 5 )
    • Developing Future Cumbria ( 2 )
    • CIPD NAP 2015 ( 6 )
    • European HRD Business Summit 2015 ( 12 )
    • CIPD L&D Show 2015 ( 6 )
    • HR Directors Business Summit 2015 ( 5 )
    • CIPD Annual Conference 2014 ( 8 )
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    • CIPD NAP 2014 ( 4 )
    • CIPD/ACAS Megatrends 2014 ( 2 )
    • HR Directors Business Summit 2014 ( 15 )
    • CIPD Annual Conference 2013 ( 11 )

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