Coaching and Leadership Blog for Leaders and Coaches
Teach us to number our days!
Physical activity and exercise is a great way to enhance our wellbeing and manage our mental health. Precisely why any opportunity to go out and breathe fresh air, burn calories with walking, running, hiking or doing weights is always a welcome break. I like pushing my limits so weight training works for me. Also I’ve … Continue reading "Teach us to number our days!"
- Jul 29th 2021
The year of the Queen’s Gambit – 2020
One of the leading lifesavers of this entire pandemic lockdown has undeniably been Netflix. People who could afford or could hook up to a generous giver’s account found succour in the many entertainment options available on the platform. Amongst the best-received Netflix Originals of the year, was The Queens’ Gambit, a 7 – part limited … Continue reading "The year of the Queen’s Gambit – 2020"
A New Beginning
2020, what a year it has been! Many will remember it for the coronavirus, Covid 19 (CV 19). The year the world took a break from the way it was. As far as I can remember, there has never been quite a year like 2020 whereby everyone was affected in one way or another. But … Continue reading "A New Beginning"
The Power of Silence!
I recall the look on my peer coach’s face when in response to ‘what do you want to talk about today?’, I said I felt uncomfortable with silence when I am having a conversation. I added my tendency to finish sentences for people or offer words to ease their struggle. I had this challenge for … Continue reading "The Power of Silence!"
Coaching Journey
I worked and grew as an HR generalist in a global oil and gas company for twenty seven glorious years. Twenty of those years were in supervisory/managerial positions and I eventually led the HR function for seven years. As a leader in the organization, you were expected to integrate ‘coaching’ in the performance management process, … Continue reading "Coaching Journey"
Coaching to Save Lives
Ever since I was little, I have been in awe of my dad’s work. It is not his profession that dazzles me as much as his way of doing it. I grew up watching him save lives. He could ‘literally’ save the lives of people because he had invested his own life’s peak years to … Continue reading "Coaching to Save Lives"
The Karate Kid
In 1984, at the age of 14, I watched The Karate Kid. As a 14-year-old, movies like this, Bloodsport, etc… excited me and fuelled interest. Watching it then was about the kicks, punches, sparing, comedy and drama that came along with it. The movie was about a Sensei (Mr Miyagi) imparting knowledge of Karate to … Continue reading "The Karate Kid"
Ready, walk, sprint, fly!
As I sit down to write down what coaching means for me, or how I make sense of it, I am reminded of something I read in Elif Shafak’s ‘The Forty Rules of Love’. “Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That is the hardest part and that … Continue reading "Ready, walk, sprint, fly!"
Coach Your Mind, Before Coaching the Client
We hear a lot about the coaching styles, things to do and say during the coaching session. There are various perspectives to coaching. Whatever your approach is, I want you to imagine that real coaching starts even before facing the client (your coachee). You and your client will enjoy the session when you coach yourself … Continue reading "Coach Your Mind, Before Coaching the Client"
What’s with the curiosity?
“I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein Can you imagine how would our world be today, if human beings weren’t curious beings? I am curious! The process of evolving from the pre-historic era (or even before that) to the world that we inhibit today is not due to our strengths, … Continue reading "What’s with the curiosity?"
Being Present…Step up
‘I do not know how to write and what to write.’ This is my truth about putting the pen to the paper. I never wrote, nor did I develop my ability to write, instead I avoided it, till I felt I don’t need it. It was enough for me that people saw me as an … Continue reading "Being Present…Step up"
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