Many leaders reach a point where their work feels effective but empty. This article explores how job crafting helps leaders rediscover purpose by reshaping what they do, who they connect with, and how they interpret their work, drawing on research from Wrzesniewski and Dutton, Gallup, McKinsey, and Deloitte.
A series of blogs developed as tools for leaders from the Wharton Business School: https://whartonleadership.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/nano-tools-for-leaders/#more-64 Visual by Mara C one of the Drawify Team.
Link to an interesting article on productivity.
Link to the free self assessment to support reflection on career
Notes written as I listened to Tuende Erdoes on "Integrative presence: Debunking the myths and realities around coaching presence and goal attainment"
Notes written as I listened to Teresa Pool on "Get off your Coaching Couch!"
Notes written as I listened to Judith Duhl on "Conscious Competence to Unconscious Competence: The leap into mastery"
Notes written as I listened to D Ivan Young on "Creating intimacy and trust with your client. The Empathetic path toward the Generational Moment"
Notes written as I listened to Ihab Badawi on "Coaching Wholeness: Creating Deeper & Sustainable Impact"
Notes written as I listened to Fran Fisher on "Calling Forth Greatness: Who I am Being Empowers My Coaching"
Notes written as I listened to Diana Ideus on "No One Listens Like Coaches Listen"
Notes written as I listened to Cherie Silas on "Introduction to systems coaching: What is it and how is it different than coaching individuals"
Notes written as I listened to Dr Ben Koh on "Transcendent - Coaching in the Moment"
Link to Big 5 test by Jordan B Peterson and supporting resources
This is the fourth, in an occasional series, of articles around key concepts that have had a signifiant impact on me as a business leader, person, coach, trainer and facilitator. I originally came across the concept of the inner game and the performance long before I even knew what coaching was and far before I got trained as a professional coach. [...]
An overview of my online / remote service offering in a simple PDF.
Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a leader has, yet it is also one of the most misused. Too often feedback becomes a list of instructions or a judgement that leaves people passive rather than energised. This post explores a simple but effective framework, the AID feedback model — and shows how leaders can shift from telling to asking. The result is feedback that not only corrects or praises, but also builds reflection, ownership, and genuine growth.
A brief overview of Social Styles Model
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 [...]
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 [...]
