Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are – Brene Brown I have a warrior in me… and I believe in a just world. The combination of these 2 things can be fiery because when I come...
“What do you do?” Does that question fill you with dread or excitement? Is it easy for you to answer in 2-3 sentences with passion, enthusiasm and power? And when you need to introduce yourself in front of a group, do you shy away, mumble a few things and...
The student raised his hand and asked… Since we’re learning about communication and how to get our message across impactfully, why is it that the education system is still based on sitting in lectures the whole day taking in information that just tires us...
Working with leaders who are at the top of their game, means that I have to be at the top of mine. That’s why I have my A-Team. My A-Team is made up as follows: A business mentor who helps me develop and revisit my business and marketing strategy so that I...
Andre, a 48-year-old manager, head of operations of a large engineering and building company was referred to me for coaching to improve his interpersonal relationships at work. He was a good manager – delivery was on time, deadlines were met, projects handled well....
I often reflect on accountability and how it shows up (or doesn’t) in my coaching engagements. Not without some guilt I might add. Guilt because I know that when my clients decide on an action to take forward from a session, I don’t always follow-up. In...
I subscribe to Daniel Pink’s newsletter. He sends out newsletters so infrequently that he managed to escape my “unsubscribe” frenzy and besides, I happen to really like his work so that when his most recent newsletter entered my inbox I actually opened it and read it....
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks furiously unsubscribing from every newsletter that has landed in my inbox. My peak email count was an average of 160 emails a day. My inbox was out of control. Going on a business trip for 3-4 days meant that I came back to...
I decided to set myself a challenge: write 7 blog articles in 7 days. One per day. The reason for this challenge was to get myself going with writing again. Writing is something I love doing, I have ideas for blog pieces running around in my head every day and yet,...
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