Having experienced coaching myself, I know the benefits in working with a coach, be it for personal development, a change of career or success in business or the workplace. I encourage many friends to work with one and so comes the question “who would you recommend?”. I know many coaches, and always think hard about chemistry and how the relationship could work when looking to recommend one.
Read moreIn my work as an executive coach, one of the most frequent subjects of discussion are how to adapt when you are promoted from one of a team to manage the team.
Read moreI am currently fascinated by the power of a positive mindset. Having recently completed Dr Chris Johnstone’s Positive psychology course, I have been inspired to bring an element of positive psychology into my coaching work. Read more
In studying Positive Psychology with Chris Johnstone, we learnt a lot about how we can flourish in what we do. This makes life and work more enjoyable and therefore often more successful. He recommended many books for the course, one of which – Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman I return to on a regular basis. After many years as a psychologist, Seligman realised how psychology was a science that focused mainly on what was wrong with people, as opposed to finding ways to optimise people’s good feelings and therefore wellbeing.
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