I often get asked why someone hires an executive coach. Is it the same as hiring a trainer or a consultant? How is this different? Is a coach also a mentor? If you’ve ever had the same dilemma let me give you a quick summary of what I do as an executive coach: 1. If you […]
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This is a great question to ask when you are looking at investing in the development of your team. Both team building and teach coaching are relevant interventions BUT both have different uses and outcomes. What is Team Building? Team building focuses on improving the collaborative relationships between team members. So if you feel
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I get up at 4:30am every morning without an alarm. Then I go to the gym and work out for 2 hours. Everyday. Not me! This was a young driver from DriveU telling me about his day. These were pre-Covid times, and he was driving me to a meeting. We got chatting along the way.
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“So, what do you do?” is a question that always unsettles me. Not because I don’t know what I do. But when I say ,” I am a Leadership and Team Coach” I am never sure if the person I am speaking to has understood what I mean. Coaching is perhaps the most misunderstood professions
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The words “team” and “group” are often used interchangeably in most organisations. These two are however not the same. There are some critical differences between a team and a group. Understanding these differences will help you structure your organisation better. More importantly, it will help you to decide the right way to set goals and
“I am looking for someone to give me advice.” I hear this from a lot of prospective clients reaching out to me for coaching support on their careers, business or leadership development. They say this partly because they believe that a coach’s job is to give advice. But mostly, they say this because they believe
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I believe leadership is not one thing but a collection of attributes and skills. When the right mix of these come together it leads to amazing outcomes. And when they don’t, it can lead to disasters. So, how do you decide what you are good at or not? For me these competencies are best organized
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All of us at some point or the other need to find professional help. This could mean help to grow, develop skills, reach our goals, or manage a crisis. Or support to succeed at this thing called life. But with all the different professionals and experts available it can get confusing to choose the
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Layoffs are tough at any time. But with the current Pandemic, the entire world has seen a rise in the number of organisations laying off people. The economy is down and new jobs are hard to come by. A job loss it that much more difficult in the current situation. More and more leaders are
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Most leaders and businesses can thrive when the economy is booming. But it takes a very strong resilient mindset to take your business through a crisis. Economic challenges, cash flow issues, the decline in sales, customer demand and affordability and employee morale are just some of the challenges that every leader is seeing as a
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