By Elisabeth Goodman, 7th January 2020 As we begin a new year, and a new decade, finding ways that we can get on better with each other at work, in our families, and in all spheres of life has got to be a good thing! Francesca Gino’s article with her great tips for effective collaboration …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 2nd December 2019 How purpose statements matter I’ve written before about the importance of purpose as a motivator for employees (see ‘Why clarity of purpose is so important for both effective leadership and management) Sally Blount and Paul Leinwand sum it up nicely in “Why are we here?” in the Nov-Dec 2019 …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 23rd November 2019 What is situational coaching and when to use it? One of Sir John Whitmore‘s legacies was the GROW coaching model, an apparently simple yet highly effective tool to help managers and coaches: “unlock people’s potential to maximise their own performance.” [I’ve written about the GROW model elsewhere, see for …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 6th November 2019 helping team members deal with limiting self-beliefs There are a number of ways in which a manager can help their team members be at their best. Some of these approaches hover on the border between coaching (where a manager can intervene) and counselling (where it would be best to …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 29th October 2019 The Autumn issue of Project, the APM’s (Association for Project Management) quarterly publication, carries a couple of articles on the very important theme of well-being. Working on life science projects can be a high stress activity The APM commissioned some research by the University of Manchester, led by Dr …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 24th October 2019 The area where RiverRhee works, in Cambridgeshire UK, is a real magnet for talent in the Life Science and IT sectors in particular. Many of the companies are growing rapidly and there is also fierce competition between the companies. We all know that the recruitment process can be time-consuming …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 6th October 2019 According to Nancy Kline, author of “Time to Think”, thinking for ourselves and thinking well, is what enables us to be effective in anything that we do. And yet many things mitigate against us being able to think as frequently or as well as we could. Barriers to thinking …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 25th September 2019 We are entering that time of year when many companies carry out their performance reviews and appraisals. It can be quite a stressful exercise for individual team members, and for line managers. This article from the latest issue of Harvard Business Review provides some interesting insights that could be …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th September 2019 Why this blog? The ability to coach is an invaluable, if sometimes daunting, management skill, as well as something that I and my colleagues at RiverRhee offer to support our clients. So I am starting a new series of blogs, under the main heading of “The manager as coach”, …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th August 2019 I have been enjoying Brian Little’s “Me , Myself and Us – The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being” over the summer. It was recommended to me by one of my delegates (unfortunately I can’t remember who), and has proved very insightful. Here are just some of …
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