It’s often been said that British people are obsessed with the weather. It’s true that we do talk about the weather a lot, and it’s usually the easiest way to make ‘small talk’ with a British resident.

What are your development goals for this year? Mine include developing the skill to create the same magic in an online training as I’m used to seeing on site, venturing into the world of podcasts and finding a way to read a few more from that mountain of books I keep adding to…

‘Coaching ‘is one of those words that means different things to different people. It’s often confused with Mentoring and sometimes means little more than giving feedback. Here’s my take on what it means and why it’s useful…

As people in the UK face further weeks in total lockdown and in other countries around the world the picture is not much different, how are you doing? Is this the ‘new normal’ everyone has been talking about? Or are you tired of being restricted, restless and unfocused? How is your mental health?

According to David Kolb’s model of learning, Reflection is an important part of the learning process. By observing and reflecting, then coming up with concepts and ideas, we make sense of our experiences and learn from them. So how do you and I reflect?

We all love a good quote. Have you ever wondered why that is? I think that, in my case, some of my favourite quotes are those which, at the time I first encountered them, summed up an important thought or principle that was relevant to my life at the time.

Using NLP in coaching, I often find that the greatest barriers to a client’s success are in their own head. The term ‘limiting belief’ refers to a belief that limits a person’s perception of their world in a way that blocks important outcomes and possibilities.

Since I’ve been spending most of my time at home of late, and as I live alone, I’ve been spending a lot of time in my own head. It’s inevitable when you’re alone, that attention tends to be internal. In the absence of someone to talk to, most of us talk to ourselves.