It is surprising to see how many organisations are abandoning their annual appraisal schemes – or is it? People love to complain about the annual appraisal meeting – I have… read more →
As anyone who has worked abroad or in an international setting will tell you, ways of communicating in one country may not necessarily work in another. There are some surprising… read more →
There has been much said and written about the virtues of coaching and whether it adds value to an individual’s performance and, indeed, an organisation’s performance. As part of re-launching… read more →
In this newsletter I return to Nancy Kline’s book “Time to Think”. She claims that “everything we do depends on the thinking we do first” and “our thinking depends on… read more →
I recently attended a seminar on “solutions focussed coaching” led by Evan George from an organisation called Brief Coaching. Brief Coaching believe that coaching and counselling should focus on solutions… read more →
A psychopath . . .? Psychologists describe a psychopath as someone who is incapable of empathising with others. That’s a short answer and, on one level it makes sense that,… read more →
I recently re-read Nancy Kline’s book “Time to Think”. Her principal theme is that in order to create a “thinking environment” we need ten components; attention, incisive questions, equality, appreciation,… read more →