The following has been stimulated by two things. Firstly a really good book called Billy No-mates by Max Dickins about male friendships. Secondly, as my sessions are 1-1 and confidential, the recognition that people share things with me that they don’t talk about with anyone else. I know this because I ask them. And I […]
I hear this a lot. People with a certain level of experience of the working environment (older) get frustrated/surprised how people newer to the workplace (younger) aren’t prepared to do the extra hours they did to get the job done. A very specific example perhaps but if you’re coaching someone who has taken a different […]
People are now rightly being encouraged to be more open and talk about how they feel and while this is an important forward step in terms of our mental health, we do need to ask, how good are we at coaching someone who is being vulnerable? A big (and important) question and here are some […]
I tend to frequent the same coffee shop and over the course of a week I noticed 3 people who brought their lunch with them and ate it without buying anything – not even a drink. Mainly what I noticed was that my instant reaction was to interpret their behaviour (I wasn’t a fan!). But […]
