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“Well, I would have expected…”
I’ve noticed this phrase pops up in coaching, consultancy conversations and in investigation interviews. So I’m curious. ‘I would expect that’, in linguistic…
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What does it mean to live and work well at 60? (Asking for a friend!😉)
Full disclosure, I turned 60 this year. Do I feel any different? No, and yes. I don’t feel old, but most of…
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Beyond Resilience: Leading with Humanity in Challenging Times
“How can we get people to be more resilient?” The question came from a school leader. My first instinct was to think,…
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Beyond Problem-Solving: Why Ontological Coaching Invites a Deeper Kind of Learning
Much of what is in popular discourse as coaching - in organisations, leadership programmes, or performance conversations - is grounded in models…
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What About You? What Do You Care About?
It was late on a Saturday afternoon in Hebden Bridge, post-walk, coffee in hand, quietly unwinding after a long hike to Stoodley…
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‘Burnout is the New Baseline.’ Really?
Yet another “genius” subject line arrives, uninvited, in my inbox: ‘Burnout is the new baseline - are you ready to coach it?’ What…
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From Skills to Habits: Making Leadership Stick
Many of us leave leadership programmes inspired, energised, and full of good intentions. But if we’re honest, how often does that inspiration…
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Rethinking Rationality: What Really Drives Our Decisions?
We’d all like to believe we make decisions rationally, weighing evidence, analysing pros and cons, seeing clearly, acting wisely. But the research…
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The Subtle Art of Noticing Slippery Requests: A Leader’s Guide to Boundaries and Communication
Have you ever found yourself saying yes to something and then wondering how exactly you got there? You didn’t explicitly agree, and yet……
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🌱 From “Why bother?” to “What if?” Shifting language, leadership and possibility
🚀 “Can you fire me up into the air so I can fly?” My three-year-old had come downstairs wearing his swimming goggles…
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