By Lindsay Pilling on 8th December, 2022 in Coaching, Development, Relationships
Is Yours a Winning Team? As the FIFA World Cup hits fever pitch, you are watching some of the best teamwork around… but what makes up that winning formula and how can we apply it in the workplace? We are asking Is yours a winning team? You’ll be familiar...
By Chris Welford on 21st February, 2022 in Coaching, Development
As we emerge from the pandemic, the recruitment market is red hot. There can’t be many sectors where a severe shortage of skills isn’t a big headache to hiring managers. The temptation can be to cut corners to get bums on seats! We think that’s a risk that’s not worth...
By Chris Welford on 29th July, 2021 in Coaching
The four phases of team development – forming, storming, norming and performing are familiar to most of us. There are some significant leadership issues at each stage of a team’s journey but there is a danger that in our multi-tasking, always-connected world, these are overlooked. TIME TO LOOK AT THE...
By Chris Welford on 9th June, 2021 in Coaching, Getting Help and Support
A guest blog post for Sixth Sense Consulting by Sarah Clapperton Many people remember their initial experience of 360 feedback; perhaps the first time they heard how their colleagues really see them. The most effective leaders I meet tend to have embraced this sort of feedback and have adapted their...
By Chris Welford on 19th October, 2020 in Assessment, Coaching, Self-knowledge
It’s generally accepted in organisations that feedback is a good thing. Training in providing feedback (where it’s given) goes something like this: find some quality time to sit down with a person; be clear about what you want to say; be specific about behaviour and stick to the facts. All...
By Chris Welford on 13th August, 2020 in Coaching, Development
HR professionals don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how they get their message across; well not in my experience. All too often there seems to be the assumption that our knowledge and insight should speak for itself or that cursory references to best practice are enough. But there’s...
By Chris Welford on 28th July, 2020 in Assessment, Coaching, Sane Works
To download this as a PDF click HERE Strict lockdown appears to be easing for now but the new normal is not yet with us. We suspected that for many people the transition phase feels quite ambiguous and anxiety-provoking. Therefore, we created a poll to understand how people are feeling....
By Chris Welford on 25th June, 2020 in Coaching
Does coaching actually work? On the one hand there’s “evidence” that it does, which ranges from the reported experience of coaches and clients, the explosive growth in the industry, the fact that courses and qualifications exist, people write about it as a mainstream discipline and go to conferences to discuss...
By Chris Welford on 10th June, 2020 in Coaching, Development
Despite the fact that companies will frequently say that ‘our people are their greatest asset’ the reality is that many managers consider people issues to be too ‘woolly’ and not worth spending time on. They often don’t feel that they add value to the real task of doing business. Difficult...
By Chris Welford on 7th May, 2020 in Coaching
Faster! Do more things at once, be agile, change gears mid-task..! It’s easy to conclude that success in modern life depends on sheer agility. But does it? As you skim read this (which inevitably many of you will) ask yourself where is the proof that multi-tasking and simultaneous but superficial...
By Chris Welford on 21st April, 2020 in Coaching
At the moment, when we engage with both the news and social media, it can be an emotional rollercoaster. During these weird and disturbing times, we can fluctuate quickly between joy, anger, fear, sadness and disgust and quite often, a bewildering mixture of all of them! It is different for everyone. Anytime...
By Chris Welford on 25th February, 2016 in Coaching, Psychotherapy & Counselling
You will know the uncomfortable, restless feeling of being anxious. Whether you are concerned about meeting a deadline, a presentation you have to give or your performance at an important meeting, your feeling of fear does certainly not add any enjoyment to tasks that may be daunting enough in themselves!...
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