For millions of businesses, 2020 has been a ‘punch in the face’. It’s tragic to hear of so many deaths due to Covid-19 and the resulting lockdowns, travel bans, disruption, enforced business closures, redundancies and economic concerns. Our plans are in tatters! If you are a business owner, how do you respond? What can you … Read More
How good is your ‘conversational competence’? This might sound like a strange question to ask, but is there any 21st century skill more important than being able to sustain an engaging, coherent and confident conversation? Nothing beats a good face-to-face conversation for making a deep and meaningful connection. But much of today’s communication is based on being … Read More
Based purely on age alone, the chances are that anyone under the age of 32 has not experienced a GENUINE business recession in their working lifetime. For example, just before Hong Kong went into lockdown mode in January I was invited to run a team coaching session for a group of professionals at their regular … Read More
The current Covid-19 health alert is undoubtedly a disruptive event in anyone’s book. With a tragic loss of life and a mandatory two weeks of quarantine for arrivals from mainland China. In Hong Kong at the current time, most people have reverted to working from home, with face masks in short supply and many other … Read More
I had the great pleasure of speaking at HR Magazine’s Young Leadership Conference in September 2019. Here are a few pictures of the event. You can read about some of my work with Young Leaders here
Young leaders often report being on a ‘performance treadmill’ with little time to step back and reflect. They usually approach their careers from a technical perspective with less time spent on developing the soft skills needed to flourish at higher level. Therefore, Executive Coaching assignments often centre around carving out time for reflection, increasing self-awareness … Read More
I recently read an article that made me laugh out loud! It featured some of the worst excuses the British used for calling in sick and included such gems as: “I had a bad dream and needed the day to recover” “I thought it was Saturday today” “My partner threw the TV remote at me last night and … Read More
Strategies to Kick Start Your Year It’s that time of year when most of us are gazing into 2019 wondering how we are going to achieve our personal goals, business targets and KPI’s. So rather than simply wish you a “Happy New Year” I wanted to add value by giving ideas to help create momentum … Read More
Day-to-day business can sometimes be a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows! Hopefully you will have more ‘ups’ than ‘downs’, but when you have to dig deep, what strategies can you use to see you through? Adventurer Rob Lilwall is currently on a solo-mission trekking across the Taklamakan desert in China’s wild west. It’s a … Read More
Working as an executive coach and trainer I get to meet some amazingly talented people from a wide range of backgrounds and industries. Over the last 30 years I must have met thousands of business professionals and I am still curious as to what makes people succeed. Is there a magic ingredient? There is a view that only two personality traits determine … Read More