Human beings are creatures of habit aren't they? I had one of my ingrained habits challenged in a big way recently. So what did I do when faced with the opportunity - indeed the necessity - to do something different?
Blog Category: Blog
[Article] Working at Home
I asked my extended team for their top tips for working at home. (Notice – ‘Working at Home’ not ‘Working from Home’ – at the moment there’s no ‘from’!) All of my team have offices at home and for many of us it’s part of our way of life. Some people have decades of experience, others are newer to working at home.
[Article] Stop the world – I want to get off
Have you ever thought – or even said – “stop the world – I want to get off!”? I remember when I had a demanding corporate job involving lots of travel and some weekend working as well as a responsible role in a voluntary organisation, I would sometimes wake up in the morning, mentally review the day ahead and feel completely overwhelmed.
[Article] Reflections from the NLP Leadership Summit meeting
When the NLP Leadership Summit was founded by Michael Hall in 2013, the intention was simply to provide an opportunity for the leaders of NLP to ‘associate’ with each other. ...
[Article] Nothing is good or bad
‘Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so’ according to William Shakespeare. I really think the Bard knew what he was talking about here.
[Video] Towards and Away From Motivation
There's been a lot written over the years about what motivates people and... that's not my subject! My subject is HOW do people get motivated? Because actually, there are only 2 ways that a person can motivate themselves to do a specific task or activity.
[Article] Your Mindset Matters
When I first heard the word ‘mindset’ I cringed slightly. I tend to like ‘proper’ use of English words and grammar. I’m uncomfortable with the practice of adapting nouns into verbs – such as ‘gifting’ instead of ‘giving a gift’ – and I think it’s a bit sad that with the wealth of vocabulary available to us we’re constantly inventing new words to sum up the meaning of several.
[Article] Getting out of overwhelm
Have you ever started the day with a list of ‘stuff’ to do and lots of good intentions? It’s a regular feature of my week. How often do you actually get everything on the list complete by the end of the day?
[Video] Who is NLP Practitioner Training for?
Several people have asked me recently: "Who is the NLP Practitioner Training for?" If you've been wondering the same thing, the easiest thing is for me to tell you who's been doing it recently and who's planning to do it in the course that's running this autumn...
[Article] The weekly one-to-one – why bother?
How many people do you have in your team? Four? Five? Ten? More? If you have a large team, the idea of conducting weekly one-to-ones with each person can seem overwhelming, so it’s not surprising that lots of people report that their manager regularly cancels their one-to-one meeting.
[Video] Let me tell you a story…
This story is about a client I had a few years ago who came to me for some coaching because he had got himself into a career cul-de-sac. He had been the Finance Director for Purchasing in his organisation for quite some time, everything was running smoothly, but basically he was the only person who really understood how it all worked...
[Article] Mind, Body and Business
There is a basic principle of NLP that says ‘the mind and the body are all one system’. So as well as taking care of your mindset, how about taking care of your body?
