
Thinking
My articles, resources & ideas to help in your work and wellbeing
Resilience skills training - notes from the field
Some practice thoughts and ideas about providing resilience skills training
Training mentors - notes from the field
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.
Making the most of downtime to boost wellbeing when you work on your own
Ideas and tips blog. I write about making you - i.e. everyone who runs your own small/micro business - take time off for wellbeing, self development and some social responsibility.
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Making the most of your coach - some tips for the coachee
It’s International Coaching Week. Some pointers for someone who is thinking about having a coach. Photo by Zoritsa Valova on Unsplash
Notes from practice: remote and flexible working
I am sharing some practice ideas following working with some managers who are delivering in a flexible and remote working environment. Here I identify some helpful manager practice and what has been evidenced and how.
Achieving compliance and commitment
Gaining commitment AND compliance when working with small business owners on regulatory matters is achievable.
Location,, location, location: the right environment for coaching and mentoring meetings
Finding the right location and space for a coaching meeting is vital. Here’s how to go about it.
Mentoring A to Z series blog: how to get started
The third in my series of daily blogs for National Mentoring Day 2018. How I became a mentor and some tips for others on how to start.
Mentoring A to Z series blog: reflective practice
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.
Mentoring A to Z Series Blog: Managing boundaries
The first in a series of daily blogs leading up to National Mentoring Day on 27th October. Today I am focusing on the subject of boundaries. Image from Unsplash by @yuskii
Mentoring A to Z
As National Mentoring Day approaches, I’ll be offering some daily blogs on mentoring practice sharing, books & articles, skills and tools and more.
Notes from practice - remote and flexible working
Practice sharing about working to support learning and development around remote and flexible learning.
Using resilience skills to cope in uncertain times
Using resilience skills help people cope with VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - at work.
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Increasing personal confidence - boosting personal resilience
Increasing personal resilience for some people involves increasing their confidence. My experience as a trainer and coach has revealed more learners want to be more confident than other aspects when it comes to boosting their resilience. Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash
Thoughts are not facts - a way to boost resilience
Boosting your resilience by avoiding habitual thinking traps. What are the common thinking traps we have that undermine our resilience and how can we overcome them?
Dealing with conflict at work - holding honest conversations
Learn how to hold honest conversations. Deal with conflict when it arises. Some suggestions and a checklist.
Photo by Mike Erskine in Unsplash
Why we should focus our efforts on building trust
Trust involves building it within oneself as well as a dependency on others.
Photo by @Quinoal