How 2020 will be remembered is up to you. I will look to the upside.

Reasons why everyone benefits from mentoring

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National Mentoring Day is almost here. My practice notes give pointers on some key actions and principles to ensure a successful mentoring scheme.

Here are four ways that coaching can help post pandemic.

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Wellbeing and personal resilience was important in lockdown. It’s equally so for when we all ‘return’ (whatever that means). Here are some factors to act on to maintain resilience for everyone and check the links for lots on WFH.

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Take the opportunity of lockdown to have a great CPD plan as a coach and mentor. I include 5 books to consider.

The latest in a series of blogs about working from home, here are some practical actions and ideas for managing your personal wellbeing. The background image is a small part of the tree of life and seems apt.

Lockdown life provides the opportunity to really learn how to master technology for WFH.

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If you want to promote or use mentoring in your organisation, you need to train and support them. Here are some Ideas for what to include in mentor training.

Finding the right location and space for a coaching meeting is vital. Here’s how to go about it.

The second in my series of daily blogs for National Mentoring Day on 27th October. A practice share and some ideas on reflective practice in mentoring.

As National Mentoring Day approaches, I’ll be offering some daily blogs on mentoring practice sharing, books & articles, skills and tools and more.

Trust involves building it within oneself as well as a dependency on others.

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Reflective practice is something we should all learn as a skill for life.  It's especially a must do for mentors and coaches.

From an early age we are curious and ask questions.  And we are encouraged to give answers too.  But we are rarely taught how to phrase and ask the 'right' question.

Reading for professional development includes  books. And for coaches I include two useful reads here.

National Mentoring Day is a chance to recognise and celebrate mentoring and even volunteer to be a mentor yourself