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manager September 20, 2016 No Comments

What are your quiet achievements?

From the ages of 5 years to 15 years I competed on stage in Speech & Drama competitions 61 times, that’s around 6 times a year.

Of the 61 times competing on stage, I received Honours (which means I scored over 80 out of 100) 40 times.

From the age of 5 years I was learning to take risks: I was way out of my comfort zone, I was being judged and I was learning to accept failure & success.

I attained Gold L.A.M.D.A (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) with Honours at 27 years.

Why am I telling you this?

manager September 10, 2016 No Comments

Use your time and skill wisely

You are a busy manager.

You have 100 and 1 things to do and your inbox is getting fuller as you read this.

Everybody needs to talk to you, you are literally going from one meeting to the next.

All you really want to do is sit and take stock, re-connect with your team who you haven’t really ‘seen’ for weeks and feel like you are impacting someone positively, rather than just doing, doing, doing and going from one issue to the next.

Sound familiar?

I often hear this when I am facilitating my Coaching Others workshops and having been in the same position myself a few years ago, I really empathise with managers today. There is never enough time to do everything.

manager September 1, 2016 No Comments

Are you an effective collaborator?

“They’re always working in isolation, pursuing their own solution.”

“Bob continues to withhold relevant information and expertise.”

“She only ever gets involved when it’s a project with high exposure to the CEO.”

Have you heard these before? I know I have.

They are typically the excuses we give when a project has faltered, we can’t work with someone or we don’t have the answer.

And they are not wrong. Unfortunately we all know someone who works like this. Maybe sometimes, if we are being brutally honest, we have been guilty of the same?

manager August 20, 2016 No Comments

What’s your primary role as a leader?

“The role of a leader is to be there for others, to understand others and support them.”

Hallelujah!!! I thank you… my job is done.

This was a key takeaway from one of the participants of a new manager workshop I ran in Thailand recently. And I would like to emphasise two words: new manager.

These guys had less than 2 years in a management role so they were young in their experience but they wowed me with their insight, their maturity, their willingness to see and appreciate others.

manager July 15, 2016 No Comments

New Voice in the News

We had the pleasure of having the ladies from Ordinary People online magazine at our recent Walk the Talk demonstration. They write stories about ordinary people, their lives and passion as inspiration for others. It was great to talk to them about what myself, Andrew and Sam have been living and breathing for a while now and have the chance to demonstrate and show it in action. Getting an independent, unbiased view of what you do is very powerful and they have just published their article on Andrew and the Walk the Talk programme.

It’s a great read and here is the link: http://ordinarypeople.ink/live/communication-skills-101-conversations-with-a-horse-whisperer/