How can 2 highlighter pens transform your communication? Here’s how. Go through your website, your last ‘sales email’, your marketing literature and where you see any words that talk about “our company”, “company name”, “we”, “our” “us”, “I” just highlight it in red. Anything that…
How does the way you open bottle tops relate to the way you manage your team? Ok. Bit random but here goes. My wife Mhairi has recently started a furniture upcycling and craft business. She’s got this cool idea of making a table whereby the…
“I know coaching is not a magic wand“. That’s what a client said to me yesterday. Bloody right it’s not! The magic however appears over time when – through focus, discipline, consistency and belief – things start to get done. Changes start to happen –…
Outside the Australian Institute for Sport is this statue of a pole vaulter that is there to inspire all athletes. What do you notice? He isn’t jumping over anything….there is NO bar. Why? The bar represents a barrier and the AIS don’t want their athletes…
Everyone is on their own journey. Some are consciously taking steps towards a pre-determined vision. Others are taking steps on a day-by-day basis and choose not to plot a particular path. I personally opt for the former but I respect the fact that others may…
We have a formula we use in ActionCOACH to help frame the personal development journey to “success“. BE x DO = HAVE 1. Define what you want to HAVE (experiences, relationships, possessions, abilities, giving) 2. This clarity makes it easier to understand what you need…
One of the 14 Points of Culture in ActionCOACH is Abundance. Here’s how we describe this value….. “I am an abundant person, I deserve my abundance and I am easily able to both give and receive it. I allow abundance in all areas of my…
I can’t believe that up until Friday night I’d never watched this film. It was brilliant. I loved it. But here’s the thing, I’ll probably never watch it ever again. Why not? I have a tendency NOT to watch films a second time. I’ve seen…
I was speaking with someone yesterday who has perfectionist tendencies. A high quality individual who always does a brilliant job and his business is in the middle of an important “pivot“. Here’s the thing….the pivot needs to happen fairly quickly yet the natural pace of…
Are you a supplier to or partner of your clients? Had an interesting coaching session with a professional services client yesterday in which we discussed this question. I’d never used Partick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team framework in the context of a ‘seller/buyer’ relationship…
