This week I will run two mentor training workshops for Women+ in Geospatial in different time zones: Thursday 5 Nov 14.00 – 16.00 GMTFriday 6 Nov 9.00 – 11.00 GMT Small group sizes with active participation. We’ll learn by doing! Sessions are free to attend via Zoom. If you’d like to register for one ofContinue reading “Mentor training workshops”
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Grab this chance
You’ve often heard me talk about the power of client-centred leadership and coaching programmes. Now’s your chance to attend one. In Meriden near Birmingham on 16-20 November. Most programmes are run internally for customer organisations. But this is a rare opportunity to join an open programme. A place on the programme has just become available.Continue reading “Grab this chance”
How are geospatial leaders feeling?
Earlier today I hosted a private roundtable with an intimate group of geo-leaders. An experiment with no preset agenda – just a facilitated space to bounce off with peers. We started off by crowdsourcing the issues we wanted to cover. Two themes rapidly emerged: What is holding back geospatial adoption and impact. The emotional burdenContinue reading “How are geospatial leaders feeling?”
Where coaching meets geography
This week I’ve delivered a client-centred leadership programme in Meriden, the centre of England. Centred at the actual centre – an intriguing metaphor? The centre of England is the point around which the country would rotate if you cut it out and balanced it on a giant pin. Being client-centred means supporting the other personContinue reading “Where coaching meets geography”
On the road again
Freelance life can be like tropical seasons. Things dry up in summer (just as well ☀️) and then suddenly there’s a monsoon of client activity in the autumn. 🌍 Today I’m on my way to London to coach a geospatial team for a major utility company. 🌎 Next week I’m in Birmingham to deliver aContinue reading “On the road again”
Why I chose to renew my accreditation
Why bother with a coaching accreditation? If I’m honest, I had a few doubts when mine was due for renewal recently. First, in my six years of practice as a coach, no client has ever asked me for my qualifications. It’s all about trust, relationships and referrals. Second, coaching is an unregulated profession. Anybody andContinue reading “Why I chose to renew my accreditation”
10 reflective questions for mid year
The summer holidays are always a good time to take stock of the year so far. Here are 10 reflective questions worth pondering: If my year so far could be summarised in a painting, what would it show? What am I looking forward to when I return to work? If my body could file aContinue reading “10 reflective questions for mid year”
Leadership development is about the medium, not the method
I spent the last week with a senior leadership team in beautiful South Wales to deliver a client-centred development programme. By the end, the leaders hadn’t just become more mindful and skilled in holding powerful conversations, they had become a team where people look out for each other. On these programmes we see time andContinue reading “Leadership development is about the medium, not the method”
What’s the value of a PhD in the geospatial job market?
This morning I had a lengthy conversation with a geospatial PhD graduate whose first job, a 12 month contract, is coming to an end. The job hunt is not easy. Of course it isn’t – the graduate job market is the worst it has been in decades. But this raises another question: are PhDs ‘graduates’Continue reading “What’s the value of a PhD in the geospatial job market?”
Less effort, more impact
On 26 September 1983, the world was saved by one man whose heroic action was to… do nothing. Stanislav Petrov was on duty in a Russian bunker. He was monitoring the nuclear early warning system when it detected five US missiles flying towards the Soviet Union. Instead of immediately relaying this up the chain ofContinue reading “Less effort, more impact”
