My gorgeous, eldest bloodhound Katy has just left the house to go to the vet for a biopsy on a lump under her tongue. I am sick to the bottom of my stomach. The vet assures us it probably isn’t cancer as she’s so young, but I can’t help being anxious…and not just about the
Tag: stories
My coaching story
I thought I might take a step back today and share my coaching story, so that you get a feel for why I rate coaching so highly above other learning options. It was 12 years ago that I started to read about the power of coaching compared to training. Research shows that
Obstacles in the story
Every good story has obstacles to overcome. It’s predictable. So let me think through what the obstacles are to the story that I’m working on. If I can anticipate them, I can identify what to do about them ahead of time – a little proactivity goes a long way. Right now, I have two major
The storyline unfolds
Still pondering this epic story that I want to tell with my work, I spent some time with a couple of external colleagues from the leadership development arena yesterday. I don’t know about you, but I find it so useful to talk to people outside of work about what I am working on. Especially since
The plot thickens
I started talking yesterday about my epic story and what the single climactic scene might be. I’ve been mulling over that a little more, and now I’m wondering whether I want to be more like Mary Poppins than a Rock Star. In that Mary Poppins helped her charges to learn and grow and then left
What is my epic story?
So today is my first “proper” day in my new role. I did transfer into the role at the start of July, but with holiday and handover, today feels like the new beginning is finally here. How exciting. And how nerve-racking. Time to work out what the story is that I want to tell in
