A good mentoring relationship relies on both the mentor and the mentee. To support the mentoring relationship from the mentee’s point of view, I’ve collected my 10 top tips on how to get the best from a mentor. The relationship between a mentor and a mentee is a vital one, for both parties. But, as
Why Coaching Works infographic by Stephanie Wright of swrightcreative for the International Coach Federation.
Another week. Another Conference. Last week I was at HR Vision 2015 in Amsterdam and there I found a number of key leadership development insights What is HR Vision? HR Vision is a series of conferences for senior level HR executives. It’s held twice a year – In Amsterdam and London. And it’s designed to
One of our clients is a large nature conservation charity. A manager at the charity contacted us to ask for help with developing more partnership working between his team and others. He was hoping for an external facilitator to design and run a workshop he had planned for his team.He described the problem he
I spent yesterday at the iconic Sage Centre in Gateshead attending a conference called Thinking Digital. What is Thinking Digital? Thinking Digital is for those who are curious about how technology is shaping our future. It is the brainchild of Herb Kim who launched the first Thinking Digital conference in 2008. This was the 4th annual
Agile leadership development in the workplace. What is it? And how could it help you? Do you have tasks on your to-do list that never quite get done? Are you stuck in a cycle of short-term thinking that never lets you see beyond the end of the week? Or even, when things really heat up,
There is something wonderfully inspiring about meeting strangers and feeling like you’ve known them forever within hours. That’s what happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I had the pleasure of presenting at the International Mentoring Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I guess that’s the power of bringing together 120 people who are
Let’s face it good executive coaching is not cheap. But it can be invaluable. Investing a few hours and a few thousand pounds can deliver significant increases in productivity and returns of hundreds of thousands of pounds. As long as the leader in question takes full advantage of the opportunity and makes the most of their
According to the CIPD’s 2014 ‘Employee Outlook Survey’ 22% of employees are looking for a new job. That’s almost a quarter of the workforce. According to the same survey, “a lack of opportunity” was the main reason people gave as to why they had left their jobs over the past 12 months. That’s a lot
At the beginning of 2015, a large financial services organisation contacted me to ask for help with how to engage employees through career conversations. They wanted to upskill their in-house coaches with the skills to talk to employees about their careers. They had a pool of about 40 managers who make up their internal coaching
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