Tips for Optimising your Desk

Tips for optimising your desk …or your working area wherever that is! For many of us, working with a laptop at whichever hot-desk we can snatch, or wherever we can put it down, even if that’s a coffee shop, the notion of having your own desk which you can...

Why Don’t Coaches Ask Why?

Let me let you into a little secret. Coaching might seem like magic, but there are actually a set of tools and techniques that any good coach will have at his or her disposal to use during a session. One of these is great questions, and a good proportion of the...
Mindfulness and Coaching

Mindfulness and Coaching

At the start of every coaching session I do, I offer my client a moment of mindfulness. We both sit, if they want to, concentrate on our breathing, and I lead them through a short exercise to get them ‘into the room’ and leaving aside, for the duration of...
When did you last take a moment to step back?

When did you last take a moment to step back?

One of the real joys of coaching is the way that it creates a safe space for a leader to really explore their longer-term direction. Often we hear that people don’t feel they have time right now to step away from the day job for an hour or ninety minutes....