For people who want regular personal or professional development advice from a qualified executive coach.
The Meeting That Shouldn't Exist
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Let’s talk about the meeting that shouldn't exist. Pick one recurring meeting in your calendar. What is the single, clear, mutually agreed purpose of that meeting? If you don’t know, cancel it. It’s a waste of everybody’s time. -- If you’re curious whether coaching could help you find more clarity or direction, book a free 15-minute Clarity Call and we’ll explore it together. If you want help to think about where problems might be arising in your organisation, try my Complexity Pressure Check. For anything else, hit reply. I answer every email personally. |
HeRO Chronicles
For people who want regular personal or professional development advice from a qualified executive coach.
Here's what you are going to do: Take a really deep breath in. Fill your abdomen and then your chest. When your lungs are full, sniff a little bit more air in through your nose. Hold for 3-4 seconds. Breathe out, slowly. Imagine there is a candle in front of you. You are making the flame flicker but not go out. When your lungs are empty, go back to step 1. Do this 2-3 times and see how you feel. This technique is scientifically proven to have multiple positive benefits. It should lower your...
I noticed a few years ago that there was something consistent about the way people who know me describe me. They almost always use the word calm. Personally I'd prefer they said, disarmingly handsome, but I guess it isn't bad. These days I hear it from clients often too. Which is kind of helpful. The last thing people want is a coach who gets stressed because they are stressed, right? And so, emotional regulation is something I have developed an aptitude for. Now I help my clients to develop...
Managing energy is one of my super skills. I am really good at calibrating the amount of energy to expend across a range of tasks so that I can keep going. I am definitely wired for endurance rather than bursts of speed. And so, I could give you a million bits of advice about how to do it, but these are the ones that I think have the biggest impact: Zone 2 is the answer to most problems “Still, Not Stopped” Active recovery Zone 2 relates to heart rates. When we exercise, our heart rate...