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How can I influence better at work? It’s a question that often comes up in coaching. After all, how can you bring your vision alive if...

Slow down. It's the essence of Zen, apparently. And a foundational principle in coaching conversations. In fact, what usually happens...

What’s your 5-year plan? That’s a question I’m glad not to hear much these days. As I sit in a sense of something brewing without any...

“I don’t feel like a leader.” Often when people say this to me, I ask them a few questions to explore the feeling. It often turns out...

What does it mean to celebrate yourself? Yes, you might buy something you like, have dinner with loved ones or take an afternoon off to...

I know what I want. I just need more confidence to take action. Can you help me? Yes. And, no. The first thing is to agree on what the...

To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. - Lao Tzu When I was growing up, I made a vow to...

“I can’t see the wood for the trees”, said the Royal Air Force wing commander. She hired me as her coach to help her figure out the big...

When I ask this in an initial exploratory conversation, many people aren’t sure. It’s a simple question but loaded with cultural...

We live in a world drowning in information and starving for wisdom. So they say. I wrote a post on Linkedin this week sharing a few...

A wave of creativity can bring joy but also complexity in your life. As I sat yesterday thinking about the communications around the...

“How do I let go of regret?” I was asked this deep question in a coaching conversation. Transformational Coaching is about going deeper...

The untold truth about procrastination and how to break out of it [Wise Wednesdays] A couple of years ago, I sat procrastinating over my...

‘I feel confused!’, the good doctor said at the start of the coaching conversation. ‘Is that a problem? Or just an observation?’, I...

It takes more than nine months…to give birth to your dream. It might take the better part of your life. During that time, you might get...

‘I’m building a bat shelter’. I paused to take in the sentence, slightly puzzled. ‘No, no. I love bats! It’s a rare species that we have...

If you’re looking to hire a coach, some key distinctions may help you set clear expectations and agreements for the coaching process....

When I wanted to do medicine, they said it was a hard path for a woman When I wanted to study social anthropology for a year they said it...

Every year since 2014, I’ve given an interactive lecture for Master’s students at UCL on the obesity pandemic, social inequality and...

Some hated January. Some loved it (probably if you’re an introvert). No commuting. No office politics. But difficult work-life balance,...