By Elisabeth Goodman, 29th May 2017 I’m enjoying a delightful few days in the Haut-Languedoc, trying my best to live “in the moment” in accordance with the principles of mindfulness, and meditation, and, inevitably, it has got me reflecting… Living in the present is more rewarding than waiting for gratification from success I passed the …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 17th May 2017 My RiverRhee Associate, Liz Mercer and I have been doing a fair amount of reading and reflection to support our new course on Transition to Leadership. The March-April 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR) gave us plenty to think about, as it explored some of the personality tools …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 7th April 2017 I am enjoying my first visit to Cardiff on two very sunny days in April, and combining a bit of sight-seeing with delivering the CILIP on-site course on Good Practices for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration. Spotting the rather impressive Central Library seemed an added reason to write a blog …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th March 2017 Introduction and a caveat There seems to be a real wave of articles and seminars on the relationship between various hormones, mental health, and our performance at work. I am definitely not an expert in this field, although I did complete a Biochemistry degree some years ago, and have …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd February 2017 I had a very enjoyable day yesterday teaching four young people about Lean and Six Sigma as they explored how to improve one of their processes. I work on the premise that ‘problems are treasures’: the more you find and deal with, the less fire-fighting you will have to do at …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 1st February 2017 There is a lot more ‘noise’ in decision making than we might suppose. The Harvard Business Review has been running some very useful articles on decision making. The most recent article by Kahneman D. et al, “The cost of inconsistent decision making”, October 2016, p.38, suggests that the incidence of professionals …
Decision making. Noise, intuition and the value of feedback. Read More »
Guest blog by Liz Mercer, 11th January 2017. Editor’s note Delegates from RiverRhee’s training courses often come away with one or more new ways of working that they would like to influence when they get back to their place of work. We are glad that this is the case: it is an indication that we have …
Why leadership training fails – some tips for what to do about it Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 19th December 2016 My Associates and I at RiverRhee have a module that we explore with managers on dealing with difficult situations. It is also something that can crop up in our one-to-one coaching. Our delegates often have examples of situations that they have encountered with colleagues that they would like help …
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By Elisabeth Goodman and Liz Mercer, 6th December 2016 The idea of starting our own ‘Journal Club’ cropped up recently during a demonstration of the GROW coaching model on one of RiverRhee’s Introduction to Management course. Both of us are keen to keep up with our professional reading and so pick up and feed ideas more effectively into the …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th November 2016 Asking questions sets the tone for what will follow – start from what’s working well It seemed obvious from the moment that our facilitator, Andy Smith (Coaching Leaders), mentioned it at the start of the two day course on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) that I attended this week. The minute you …
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