Coaching and Leadership Blog for Leaders and Coaches
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Validation…. Is it Important?
What does validation mean to you? The desire to be validated and accepted by ourselves and others is human nature. We are often our worst critic as we constantly ignore the efforts put in by us whenever we hit road blocks and hardly ever acknowledge the outcomes achieved. Validation communicates acceptance, encouragement, and positivity. Born … Continue reading "Validation…. Is it Important?"
- Dec 15th 2021
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‘MAKING THE SWITCH’ – THE EVOLUTION OF A COACH
Life continues to surprise us everyday isn’t it? Be it, a business deal that went better than expected, a new hobby you surprisingly excelled in, or a conversation where you connected with your teen daughter and understood the world from her eyes! There are two main ways in which we respond to life – natural … Continue reading "‘MAKING THE SWITCH’ – THE EVOLUTION OF A COACH"
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Habits all 5-Star coaches possess – The 7 Cs
Everyone needs a little support sometimes to make life-changing decisions and a coach is that accountability partner to have on your journey. The coach has the extraordinary quality to help the client come to a new level of understanding of what’s possible. That special skill that guides clients to create a lasting change and make … Continue reading "Habits all 5-Star coaches possess – The 7 Cs"
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Coaching thy self!
The biggest takeaway of my coaching journey was the realization of the relationship between me and my inner self. Self-coaching as a tool has helped me re-initiate that relationship with myself. We often use the idiom “tip of the iceberg” in an organizational context which means the small part of a larger, hidden problem or … Continue reading "Coaching thy self!"
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Mom, what do you do?
‘I believe I can fly’ – by R.Kelly is my favorite song much to the disdain of my kids. ‘Mom, get us a song from our generation, this is too old’! I have not budged an inch; the words inspire me in the moments where nothing much could. In this lockdown, they are the ones … Continue reading "Mom, what do you do?"
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Advice to all Aspiring Coaches
I got introduced to the world of coaching with seminars in global forums but always felt like an outsider; a wild card entry in this world. For many years the terms coaching, training, mentoring were synonyms to me. My focus was to learn new tools and techniques to serve my clients. I would wonder who … Continue reading "Advice to all Aspiring Coaches"
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Leadership in a Distributed Environment – Being There When You Are Not There
The recent pandemic has definitely taught us what VUCA means – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous. But many of us also learnt that it stands for Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Agility. While working & conducting my studies on future of work and competencies required by leaders in future, thinking about how the pandemic has impacted us … Continue reading "Leadership in a Distributed Environment – Being There When You Are Not There"
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COACHING – MY JOURNEY – till now..!
Year 2020 had just passed by and I was having a sigh of relief! It was a year of being at home for a stretch of time, being cut-off, sort of, from outside world, in physical sense. But that also gave me time and space to contemplate and reflect as to where I was standing … Continue reading "COACHING – MY JOURNEY – till now..!"
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Are you an Influencer?
I recently read an article about the top Instagram influencers in India; the Top 5 names were Priyanka Jonas Chopra, Sunny Leone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Urvashi Rautela, and Kapil Sharma. It made me reflect on “influencing” as a topic and the power of Influencers. The word influence has its roots in Latin. It is a combination … Continue reading "Are you an Influencer?"
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COACHING, THE FERRARI OF CONVERSATIONS
The conversation is one of the greatest gifts of life to mankind. The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle described the man as a “Social Animal”. This means that man thrives within a social circle, while some may have larger circles than others, what is clear is that interaction no matter how minute is not a “want” … Continue reading "COACHING, THE FERRARI OF CONVERSATIONS"
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Self-Bullying to Self-Belief…the power of Coaching
Have you ever felt that you bully yourself? If your answer is “never”, then this blog is not for you…Read on if you hesitated even a bit before responding. While bullying has become a hot topic and the anti-bullying movement has come a long way, self-bullying is not something we discuss…it is not something I accepted at … Continue reading "Self-Bullying to Self-Belief…the power of Coaching"
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