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On flying solo and the symmetry of mutual learning

How do you keep a group of leaders engaged in learning for a full week without a single slide? Today I’m wrapping up my first ever client-centred programme run on my own. Normally we have two facilitators but with a smaller group than usual I was offered a new learning opportunity: to fly solo. How…

What does coaching have in common with contemporary art?

Should we send leaders to art school? Would artists make great coaches? Is coaching essentially an artform? A few years ago the British artist Grayson Perry wrote the acclaimed book, Playing to the Gallery, to demystify contemporary art. What struck me in this book is how often you could simply swap the word ‘art’ for…

Living your values as a team

On my way to work with a senior leadership team in London. The mission: help them clarify and embrace their values as a team and organisation. Values aren’t a nice to have. Apart from being a requirement for any organisation with clear purpose and identity, values also have a practical neurological function. From a neuroscience…

When the client needs more than coaching

Are there times when a client needs more from a coach than just coaching? Recently I worked with a technology team facing competing priorities and endless to-do lists. Our first workshop had gone well, but on Day 2 I sensed that something wasn’t working. My systemic coaching questions were bouncing off people as if coated…

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