In this article, I will firstly explain the ways in which I believe the Thinking Session is a genuine and effective coaching framework. I will then go on to explain what I believe are the features of the Thinking Session that are not usually found in other coaching approaches. Your thoughts are welcome. What do you understand by coaching anyway? In approaching this, let’s define the word ‘coaching’. “Coaching is a process that aims to improve performance and focuses on the 'here and Continue Reading
Belonging
Do you have a high horse? I must confess I do. I should call him Riin, short for righteous indignation! But I’m not sure it’s always righteous if I’m honest. One high horse in a collection of hobby horses is a repulsion of the practice of othering because it makes people feel like they don’t belong. Imagine or remember hearing when you were a child, a sentence beginning, “you’re not….” or “you’re too…” and it probably led to you being left out, excluded, othered. For me it was, “you’re not Continue Reading
Making an Impact Online
Throughout the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020, I've had many questions about how to make a good impression online. “Can you explain how to engage effectively in online meetings when you are only a thumb size image?” was a favourite expression of this, asked by Carolyn Zimba, a member of a business group to which I belong. I believe effective engagement starts with presence, long before you speak. Everyone has a presence; some just have never let their light shine. So, let me start by saying Continue Reading
Rudolf Laban
Where Architecture, Dance and Process Engineering meet and kiss Where do you even start when writing about an extraordinary life? Have you ever tried to pick up noodles with a single chopstick? Each strand connects to every other strand and you find yourself faced with an impossible task. That’s where I find myself when I stand on the shore of Rudolf Laban’s life. And so, I will ask you to imagine the film I have produced about his life rolling before your eyes, capturing, I hope, the Continue Reading
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