By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd October 2020 Regular reflection enables greater self-awareness, flexibility and resilience The value of creating time for reflection is something that has surfaced a few times lately in my one-to-one coaching sessions with clients. People are so busy, juggling challenges at work and at home that finding time to stop and think …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 10th August 2020 Have you ever…? Decided that something that you wanted to do was just too difficult? Hit obstacles that have put you off continuing with something that you started? Got depressed or had a sense of failure because something has not worked out? Felt put off by someone being a …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 24th May 2020 Many of the people that I work with, on RiverRhee’s management courses, and also in one-to-one coaching, are either relatively new to management, or transitioning from a management to a leadership role. One of the things that we stress in our leadership course is the importance of being authentic: …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 25th April 2020 I’ve been enjoying being a student on the Post Graduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching with Barefoot Coaching and the University of Chester. The course has brought me new insights as well as very helpful reminders of the key principles and techniques that go into making us more …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 13th April 2020 Visual thinking tools are something that many of us use in our day-to-day work Readers might remember when Tony Buzan’s mind-maps (Buzan, 2000) were all the rage, and in fact you may use them still for planning out pieces of writing, taking notes at meetings, or revising for assessments. …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 17th March 2020 Many organisations are developing their managers to be internal coaches, as an alternative to hiring external coaches to develop their staff. This blog explores the pros and cons of doing so. Why develop your managers to be coaches? According to Downey (2014), managers ideally combine leadership, management and coaching …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 19th February 2020 I have just come back from the second of three modules for my Post Graduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching with Barefoot Coaching. One of our pieces of homework is to practice writing in a critically reflective style. I thought a great way to do so would be …
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