DeBono – Direct Attention Thinking Tools
A practical introduction to Edward de Bono’s Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT), explaining how they support clearer thinking, better decisions and more deliberate problem solving.
Stop – Challenge – Choose
This is the second of ten blog articles around concepts that have had a significant on me as a manager, leaders, coach and facilitator. “Stop, Challenge and Choose” is a powerful concept that I learnt back in 1994, when working with a client to deliver an 18,000 person training programme in 18 months. The programme was based around the work developed [...]
Circle of Control
This is the first of a series of blog pieces around what I consider to be the most essential concepts I have come across in the course of my 20 years as a manager, leader, trainer, coach. The first of these is attributed to the great author Stephen Covey, and comes from his book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. [...]
Twitter for facilitators
As International Facilitation Week ramps up, I wanted to contribute by trying to connect more facilitators globally together through Twitter. In order to do this, I thought I would share my experience of Twitter by creating this short Frequently Asked Questions guide. Its aim is to help facilitators understand what twitter is and how you they can leverage its use: 1) [...]
canvas collection – home
A collection of visual canvases
Brain fitness – Sketchnote
A sketchnote on brain fitness and how to improve it based on a webinar from Dr André Vermeulen
PIGS – Sketchnotes
A sketchnote on PIGS: Post It Graphic (Recording) System developed by Dario Paniagua - The post also includes a few example PIGS.
Complexity Chaos and Covid-19 – Sketchnotes
This blog articles shares three sketch notes from an online moderated discussion held by Cognitive Edge
Finding your Campfire – Webinar sketchnotes
Three sketchnotes on the webinars by Julian Stodd looking at remote working
Loneliness in remote working
This post shares some resources to support dealing with issues around loneliness and remote working
Online service scope
An overview of my online / remote service offering in a simple PDF.
Fast Train Leadership & Sales
90 Minute online / remote training sessions ran LIVE by myself - an overview of the service offering
How to give effective feedback at work (without it backfiring)
This hub brings together practical feedback models and resources to help leaders give constructive feedback, handle difficult conversations and improve performance without damaging trust.
AID feedback model: a simple way to give clear, confident feedback
Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a leader has, yet it is also one of the most misused. The AID feedback model offers a simple, practical framework for giving clear, respectful and effective feedback that builds ownership, reflection and real performance improvement.
STORM Mnemonic – Engagement
In preparation for a programme in October on Strategy Execution for Senior Leaders, I have been reading "Seven Strategy Questions: A simple approach for better execution" by Robert Simons, and it had an acronym on it that I liked for leadership engagement. The acronym was developed at the cosmetics company Mary Kay to espouse their beliefs about motivation. Their workers, principally [...]
Change Grid Certification – Business Coaching
Yesterday (Wednesday 3rd July 2013) I completed my ChangeWorks ChangeGrid Certification. What is ChangeWorks®? ChangeWorks is a system that applies the principles, insights, tools and techniques of “Tension Management” to supporting the change process at the individual, team and organizational levels. The focus of ChangeWorks is measuring, monitoring and managing the levels of "productive tension" the individual or population is [...]
Social Styles Certified – Business Coaching
A brief overview of Social Styles Model
Business Coaching Tools
THIS is a sample of business coaching tools I developed in 2013 that I have used over the course of my coaching practice. They can be used outside of Business Coaching, but this is my primary are of work. Coaching does not have to be pure conversation. As a coach I often ask people to draw, culture and doodle. The activities [...]
Virtual Facilitation – Visual prompts
This week I have come across a couple of different resources which may be of interest for those involved in virtual facilitation or learning. The first are printouts that allow participants to interact through the use of the colourful cards. Head HERE to get a print out. Thanks to Deb Aoki for sharing the link to these.. The second is a [...]
Online facilitation – Tips for participants
I am currently involved in helping a range of clients shift their facilitated meetings and training courses to online. Online facilitation can be more effective and productive if everyone is focused and making the best use of technology. Here are 10 tips I have prepared for those being a participant on a live virtual delivery session. 1. Maximise bandwidth - switch [...]
Will it help? Circle of control – Covey
Welcome to the new blog! I am in the process of transitioning my old website to here and so this is the first post of what will I hope be my professional home for the next 20 years or so. I am still in set up mode, so apologies for the messy site. Today I was thinking about the concern [...]