Category Archives: coaching

It was a bit disconcerting scrolling through LinkedIn and stumbling across a large portrait of my own face in the timeline. But the shock was brief, as it was the good people at Geovation (an incubator for geospatial technology start-ups) who had just posted an interview with me. If you don’t know Geovation, check themContinue reading “Being a mentor at Geovation”

Mentors can show up in the most unexpected places. In the first pandemic lockdown, I often walked to nearby fields and woods for my daily ration of fresh air. One day, a group of cows had gathered by the gate. As I made my way through them, the cows looked at me with their dazeContinue reading “On mentors, cows, and triangulation: Why do coaches have coaches?”

Coaching is a powerful way of guiding people through change.  That sounds nice, but what does it actually look like? In this post I am sharing real stories from real people I have coached. To protect their confidentiality, names have been changed. 1. Seeing yourself as a leader Sharon, a senior manager, was unsure ifContinue reading “Why work with a coach? Five stories from real people I’ve worked with”