35 Coaching Questions for When Your Client Is Stuck A common feeling that arises within coaching clients is a feeling of being stuck. This can manifest in them struggling to formulate solutions or having difficulty making forward progress on goals. Here are 35 questions that will help facilitat...

“Put Your Own Mask on First” We are all familiar with the above request, so much so, that most of us probably pay little attention to the safety talk at the beginning of every flight.  Just as we know we probably should pay more heed in this scenario, when thinking about self care ...

Tim Gallwey’s Inner Game The Inner Game In 1971 Tim Gallwey, founder of the Inner Game, was working as a tennis coach. Having captained the tennis team at Harvard, he was on sabbatical before finding a serious job. One day he noticed that when he left the court briefly, a student who h...

Why Virgin had a Coaching Culture I joined the fledgling Virgin group in the 1970s, where as an MD of some of the Virgin companies, I learned at first hand the leadership style of Richard Branson, which we would now call coaching. Virgin was a place where people were valued for their strengths rath...

“Accept then Act. Whatever the present moment contains accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.” Eckhart Tolle. The inspiration for this blog came from a recent supervision session. Rest assured, confidentiality has been preserved and not only did I seek t...

Working with your team can be hard. Different skills, preferences, ideas, and personalities can make progress difficult and slow-going.  But once you begin carrying yourself as an elite professional, you can begin interacting with your team better to achieve 10x the usual results ̵...

If you want to be the best at what you do, at work or in your personal life, it will take discipline. You will need to study best practices, hone your skills, and create the kind of mental space that allows for your utmost in creativity, focus, and discipline. Here are the daily habits exce...