Tag Archives: inspiration
A lesson in valuing your intuition
Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by susan.
When you have a decision to make, do you put more emphasis on analysis or intuition? If you believe decisions must be based on logic, it could be time to listen to your heart a little more often. That niggling doubt could be a sign you need to pay more attention to your intuition. Initially [...]
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Three situations when coaching is a waste of time
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by susan.
Have you ever looked at someone you’re coaching – either a team member or a client – and felt you just weren’t getting anywhere? What is it that gives us that uncomfortable feeling? Looking back over my experiences, there seem to be three main factors at play when coaching just isn’t going to work: 1. [...]
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The 2 main reasons you don’t delegate
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by susan.
In my years of coaching and observing managers, one of the main obstacles I see the majority of them face is delegation of their work. If I was to nominate one characteristic that would make the biggest difference to their chances of success (or stress) it would be the degree to which they are able [...]
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Online coaching now available for small business owners
Posted on11. Aug, 2011 by susan.
Have you noticed what I’ve noticed about small business owners? In coaching small business owners since 2003, two things stand out for me… 1) The most challenging issue they face is balancing their work with the other things they want to do in their lives and 2) They nearly all recognise the benefits of having [...]
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Critical skill shortage 2: Problem solving and decision making
Posted on23. May, 2011 by susan.
This is the third of six articles inspired by data about skills shortages in the banking and finance sector, from the Kelly Skills at Work 2010 study. See our blog for previous articles, posted on 2 and 9 May 2011. The Kelly study identified problem solving and decision making together as a critical skill that [...]
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Time for some weeding and pruning?
Posted on17. Jan, 2011 by susan.
Doing some gardening yesterday afternoon, I was reflecting on the many similarities between creating and growing a garden and how we live our lives. There are the obvious steps of planning, sowing and harvesting. Once your garden’s established, most of the activity comes down to what to keep and what has to go. Did you [...]
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Top 10 of 2010
Posted on10. Jan, 2011 by susan.
We’re ready for a big year in 2011! Before we get too far into the new year and a new decade, we decided to take a look back and compile this list for you, of the favourite posts from our blog in 2010. In case you missed any of them, you can read them right [...]
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Why rewards (often) don’t work
Posted on25. Oct, 2010 by susan.
Many managers try very hard to find new and more effective ways to motivate their staff through rewards. Are you one of them? Could seeking to motivate people with monetary rewards ultimately be a waste of time, effort and money? Take a look at this video animation (just 11 minutes long) of a talk given by Daniel Pink and [...]
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3 simple ways to get more done
Posted on03. Aug, 2010 by susan.
Did you know you can be more effective, for longer periods, if you pay more attention to what you’re doing? (We covered the possibility of doing less to achieve more in an earlier post on multi-tasking.) Driving a manual car recently after many years of driving automatics – and the extra concentration that required to get [...]
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Looking for some workplace magic?
Posted on29. Jul, 2010 by susan.
On my way back from Melbourne last week, I sat near a girl who was reading a book called ‘Workplace Magick’. This started me thinking about a lot of things, mostly about how bad things must be at work for someone to hope a book like that might help. Have you ever felt that desperate? [...]
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