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๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ?

LinkedIn just signposted an article on the news about coming back to work after your summer vacation and the feelings around that. Itโ€™s an interesting article and intended to be helpful, but I found one phrase that shocked me.  It was this: โ€œIf you did take a holiday, the return to work can feel like …

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ณ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ

I read a lovely post this morning (read it here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jim-matlock-661506239_veterans-vfw-education-activity-7235291383375290368-xkRw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop). The gist is that a US school teacher had 27 veterans bring in the desks for young children just starting school.  Her point was that the children only had the freedom to occupy those desks due to the service and sacrifice of people like …

WHEN DO YOU PLAY?

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œk ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก? Play is how we begin our lives as children – we spend untold hours entertaining ourselves in stuff (or at least, I and my generation did). We explored the world, tried things just to see what happened. We used out imaginations to create worlds and games and …

DO YOU LEAD FROM YOUR HEAD OR YOUR HEART IN BUSINESS

Here’s a little thought experiment. Say you are a board member in the boardroom. There’s two proposals being put on the table. One proposal is going to make a return of 7% and it involves sacking 1000 people somewhere, closing down a location perhaps.   Another proposal on the table which is going to make a …

I HAVE A MISSION

I have a mission.  Itโ€™s huge.  I have not spoken openly about this because I have been wanting to get the iโ€™s dotted and the tโ€™s crossed and all the details sorted out.  Which of course is code for procrastinate.  So I want to start writing about my mission just as it is now. Itโ€™s …

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GREAT CLIENT

Coaching is an immensely powerful means of self-transformation and growth. An expert coach is obviously necessary, but so is a great client. If someone is not willing or able to be coached, the outcome is very difficult to achieve. Here is what I define as being a great client: But hereโ€™s what I know for …