It’s no mistake that the word ‘coach’ is the same as the word for a vehicle to take you on a journey… as that is also what coaching does – it takes you from a current state or situation to a new one. Coaching is a valuable conversation. We will agree what you want to [...]
The balance of women in senior positions in the work place is finally starting to shift a little, as the ‘lean in’ practices of women following Sheryl Sandberg’s great advice, (which I talk about in an earlier blog post… http://thebalancehouse.co.uk/women-on-the-board/) start to take effect. However, over a breakfast meeting with a client a couple of [...]
Leading a team can be complex – the strongest, high performing teams have members with a wide variety of strengths. The members are all individuals and are all different. This means that you have to adapt your leadership style to the individual. Some of them may be ‘cloud thinkers’, some of them may be detailed [...]
