By Elisabeth Goodman, 13th April 2023 I read Adam Waytz’s article Beware a culture of business1 whilst in London on an inspirational 2-day course on Systemic Coaching and Constellations2. I love the concept of synchronicity: how things will happen or come to our attention alongside something else. Sure enough, this painting by Blade Glover3 ‘appeared’ …
Challenging our busyness culture – the value of “idleness” Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th March 2023 There are two well-established models that regularly stimulate powerful reflections in my work with managers and leaders. How well they adopt these models can have important consequences for how fulfilled their direct reports will feel in their work. A series of articles in the January-February 2023 issue of Harvard …
Leaning in and out for fulfilling work and conditions Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 15th May 2022 These last two to three years, during which I undertook my formal coaching qualification, and ramped up the amount of work I have been doing in this area, have been amongst the most enjoyable of my professional life. I learnt, in a recent article by Marcus Buckingham1, that this …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 20th March 2022 Why this blog It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog. This has been partly due to hitting a really busy period with my one-to-one and group coaching. It’s also because I’m immersed in writing a book and all the reflection that goes with it. This isn’t …
Difference is all there is. Opening our minds to disagreement. Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd October 2021 A little about me and the title of this blog I’m on a bit of a creative journey at the moment, through a combination of some spiritual explorations (see for example Neill 2016) and following an 8-week course on mindfulness (Chaskalson & McMordie 2018) that I’ve interrupted mid-way whilst …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th September 2021 We have a module on communication skills that we include in RiverRhee’s management training courses, and also as part of our Effective Influencing and Communication course. Delegates often tell us that they would like more scenarios to learn from, so I decided to include a bit of a role …
What if we treated our colleagues as we treat our most valued customers? Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 13th August 2021 I am an Advocate for Neurodiversity. This comes from my experience as a parent, and as a Trustee for 5 years of the Red Balloon Learner Centre who support young people who are “missing from school”, some of which will have been as a result of their Neurodiversity. It …
Neurodiversity in the workplace: my pledge for anticipatory inclusion Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, Sunday 18th July 2021 My blog on practising situational coaching has been one of my most widely read posts, with about 8,500 hits in 2020-2021 so far! I wrote it for managers who coach, but I suspect that many professional coaches and also coaching students are reading it too. If so, I …
Beyond situational coaching: being deliberate in how we foster deliberation Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 10th May 2021 I’m starting to see and hear a flurry of articles and conversations about what hybrid working will mean, as companies open their doors for people to return to the workplace post Covid-19. I’ve been discussing this with colleagues too who are involved, like me, in coaching and other forms …
Hybrid working – considerations for managers and leaders Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th April 2021 I came across an excellent McKinsey article by Christensen et al (2021) on “intentional learning” – the idea that we: set clear goals for what we want to learn about give ourselves a timeline in which to achieve the goals commit to and gain support for achieving our goals …
Flexing our learning muscle for personal development Read More »
