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Coaching and Mentoring – February 2019 Leadership Pack
(0)Welcome to the Coaching and Mentoring – February 2019 Leadership Pack From Damian Piper, our Performance coach and consultant: Time for high-quality questions? “Being able to ask high-quality questions of ourselves and others is a skill worth developing” The first article in this month’s edition and also the first post I always look forward to reading…. Read More ›
Leadership Pack (December 2018) The Christmas Annual
Welcome to this year’s December Leadership Pack 2018 The Christmas Annual. I would like to start the review with thanks and gratitude to those who have contributed to the monthly pack throughout 2018 and which I have included again in our ‘Annual’ such as our Resilience Coach, Damian Piper’s contribution. I would like to thank Joyce… Read More ›
Being Bettina’s Dad: What is Courage without Fear?
“Hello…….Is there anyone there?” Bettina is calling from upstairs and looking over the banister. Our home can be noisy and the atmosphere is always filled with laughter and chatter 99.9% of the time – there are, after all, four adults living together in Bettina’s house. This evening, our house is unusually quiet, two of the… Read More ›
Get up and go! Take a leap forward – part 1
(Creating your Business Plan for life and work) November 1988 – Nightfall in Berlin Even though it is dark this evening, this part of the Berlin Wall is lit up from the spotlights coming from the watch towers of the GDR (German Democratic Republic) guards from the Eastern side of the occupied zone. I can… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (November 2018)
Welcome to the November Leadership Pack 2018 I was looking forward to receiving our Resilience Coach Damian’s article, especially for the Leadership Pack. A key message I have taken from Damian’s piece, which leads this month’s edition, is “begin to realise, it’s your interpretation of events that cause us challenges not the things themselves.” I… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (October 2018)
Welcome to the October Leadership Pack 2018. Damian Piper from Effective Challenge (http://effectivechallenge.com ) has written another excellent piece especially for our Leadership Pack community called, ‘‘finding your bearings to move forward – what conversation do you need?” Thanks Damian, I especially liked your description of ‘projects’. I am constantly learning and (hopefully) developing as… Read More ›
Being Bettina’s Dad: A Role Model for Bettina
Climbing out of my snow hole, I received a letter from home. This was no mean feat as I was somewhere in the Arctic Circle and about a month into a winter deployment with 3 Commando Brigade. It was the news I had dreamed of from Joyce– we were going to have a baby! I… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (September 2018)
Welcome to the September Leadership Pack 2018 This month, Damian Piper (Effective Challenge http://effectivechallenge.com ) has added to his series with ‘a moment to reflect – pressure on our shoulders.’ This is now my favourite post from Damian. I hope you enjoy reading it too. You don’t have to be an entrepreneur (someone with a big… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (August 2018)
Welcome to the August 2018 Leadership Pack I recently wrote a new post in my ‘Being Bettina’s Dad’ series whilst on holiday sitting; on the decking of our lodge. Being with Bettina always puts life into perspective and reminds me of what is important. Bettina teaches me so much and this particular piece is about… Read More ›
