Change Behaviour with One:One Coaching The goal of One:One Coaching is to equip people with the knowledge they need to develop themselves and become more effective. Behaviour change is the goal of most coaching. The coach provides a safe, structured, and trustworthy environment in which to offer support for the individual. The coach also helps… Read more
3 Steps To Get Respect From Senior Managers
For some ‘Senior Management‘ is up there on the twelfth floor in the clouds, resident in an Ivory Tower and detached from the everyday cares and woes of mere mortals. You think they’re not going to entertain any ideas that you put forward – or at best they’ll treat them in a condescending and patronising… Read more
7 Ways to Win Cooperation & Influence
Daily we negotiate our way through life, with family, friends and work colleagues. Our needs and wants are rarely identical to those we live and work with. Below we look at 7 ways, that don’t cost money, to gain cooperation and influence. If you ‘take on’ assertive behaviour for real, instead of as a set… Read more
The Danger Of Mixed Messages!
The Danger of Mixed Messages! Have you ever said anything to somebody that was misinterpreted or misunderstood? For example has something like this ever happened to you? Joanna found her husband’s habit of interrupting her and finishing off her sentences increasingly annoying. Today she resolved she was going to talk to him about it. Joanna… Read more
Who Trusts You?
What value do organizations place on trust with customers and employees? How much are they and you willing to pay for trust? Ever wonder who trusts you? Part 1 of this article introduces the concept that trust is not an airy fairy, nice to have bit of behaviour but a hard nosed concrete consequence that… Read more
How To Stand Up For Yourself And Gain Respect
ASSERTIVENESS TO GET WHAT YOU WANT (Part 2) Everybody needs Respect. It’s easier to do anything with anyone when you are held in respect and so difficult without it. Respect comes from within – no one will respect you if you don’t respect yourself. In Part 1 of this article we looked at the part… Read more
9 ways to manage a difficult boss
9 ways to manage your difficult boss “Life at work is just impossible. My boss is the most difficult manager I’ve ever met! This clown thinks that his only important function is to criticise”. In all likelihood, most of us have had similar thoughts. Some managers do project “compulsive, counter-productive, or just plain odd” behaviours…. Read more
Being Human
BEING HUMAN I cam across this poem/story many years ago – I believe there are some thoughtful reflections about life and what it is to be human: You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it but it will be yours for this time around. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled… Read more
How many to change a light bulb?
We all know the answer to the spurious question: how many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? We all know the answer is none: they have to want to change! Psychologists are not the only ones for whom this is true – it is so for all of us. As a manger… Read more
Self Preservation or Cherishing others?
Self Preservation or Cherishing others? There are many models of how assertiveness works. Until I began To grapple with the concept of win:win , I always found myself in something of a moral dilemma in balancing the concepts of assertion with the notion of caring for others. Indeed, often the common image of assertion is… Read more