In both the coaching and consulting environments I am often approached by individuals or organisations to support them in resolving a particular issue confronting them. A foremost question in my mind is always, “Are they focussed on the right thing?” The tendency is for people to focus on the issue or behaviours that are right in […]
A friend was telling me the other day how she often has ideas suddenly occur to her about solutions to problems or things she ought to do but then the moment passes. She said sometimes she follows through but more often she forgets her idea, or cannot bring it back to mind with the same […]
A few days ago I attended a meeting of fellow members of the International Coach Federation in Canberra and got into discussion with a colleague about challenges she was facing in supporting people through organisational change. She was expressing surprise at how difficult it was to get people to let go and move forward to new […]
(The importance of communication in times of uncertainty or change) There have been three occasions in the past year where I have had a discussion with someone whose team has been going through a change process, or considerable uncertainty about future arrangements at work. On each occasion I have asked how their team has been […]