A coach and former client sent me a link today to a web page she had created with a new service provided by Google – cleverly entitled “Google Page Creator” (how do they think of such cool names?). So this afternoon, in between “to do’s” I ambled over to the web site and received the
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In the last 24 hours I have been interviewed by two coaches over the telephone. 1. Last night with James Smith in America on the subject of “creating nourishing work environments”: This reminded me of just how much trouble I go to in creating physical spaces where I can do my best work. When I
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Today I have an appointment at the college that two of my sons attend (ages 17 and 15). Over the years I have often giggled or fumed at the amount of notice that schools and colleges give of parent evenings or social events. They do not seem to understand that, for some business people, the
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You will notice a slightly changed look to the blog today. My web business manager, Kim Black, suggested that we move to WordPress – so here I am! No idea why – but I trust Kim’s judgement and she tells me this will be better in the long term. I’m expecting to add some features
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My lunchtime bowl of creamy vegetable soup is nearly sputtered out as I watch the aerial shots above Wembley Stadium, showing that a welding has failed in the structure. Thousands of hard-hatted builders and consultants evacuated to a nearby car park and work stopped in its tracks, after we have already been told that the
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An interesting conversation on Wednesday evening’s telephone conference produced the following email exchange – good enough to share with you today: “Hi Chris I enjoyed the phone in last night which left me pondering a few things – what would you say is the difference between performance and behaviour? I presume that performance is more
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Turned on the laptop at 6.30am this morning – no internet signal. Some checks indicate that the problem is not with the laptop, or the wireless router – its the phone company.Maybe somebody has put a virtual spade through a virtual pipe somewhere – I cannot see any white vans around so the source of
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Welcome back to this blog after a 2-week (if not more) absence, caused by a week of professional reflection followed by a week as a road warrior. I have genuinely missed the chance for the catharsis that the blog can facilitate – and I do have to admit that my default thinking is that I
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Although Friday is normally a free day, I’m investing a bonus business development day today, because there is one important task that I must complete before I can clear my mind. Over time, we have added more and more “features” to the way in which I deliver my business coaching – many of which have
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Sometimes, the only way to respond to adversity is to laugh. Yesterday morning I woke at 5.15am and drove 110 miles to attend a monthly management meeting with my support team. We normally start the meetings at 10.00am to allow for civilised travel but I was asked to attend early so that team members could
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