By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th August 2022 The latest issue of Harvard Business Review carries two articles that are relevant to two aspects of our work: The strategic planning exercises that RiverRhee facilitates with leaders through our Transition to Leadership course Issues relating to conflict management that can come up in my one-to-one coaching. Strategic planning …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd November 2021 I’m passionate about helping people to realise that they can have choice in what they do, and to discover or re-discover the resources to enable them to exercise that choice. For me it’s about getting clarity about what gives you meaning in your life, and then exploring and opening …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th December 2020 I had the opportunity to attend Judy Rees’ Metaphorum annual digital conference this year as a volunteer co-organiser. Now in it’s fifth year, and unlike many conferences that have been organised this year, Metaphorum has always operated on a digital platform. It was fascinating to see all the ground-breaking …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 30th November 2020 Giving and receiving feedback is a challenging skill There’s a lovely question in a variation of a 360 degree feedback tool that I share with my coaching clients: “What one thing could I change for my own benefit?” Barefoot Coaching, 2020 This is one of five questions in a …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 27th September 2020 neither endurance nor unqualified positivity Resilience is something of a buzzword at the present time, and yet there are some misunderstandings of what it is about. As my Barefoot Coaching tutor, Diane Hanna (2020) reminded me in a recent group supervision session, it’s not about just gritting your teeth …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 14th September 2020 Expanding established leadership models I referenced Dr Jeffrey Hull’s FIERCE model of leadership in an earlier blog (Flexing your leadership style for greater inclusivity, inspiration and impact) after hearing him speak at a conference in June. I have since read Hull’s book (2019), and found that it both expands …
From alpha to beta and back again – 21st century leadership Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 7th August 2020 I hear a lot about micro-management in my work with managers and team members: managers worrying that they are being too directive and “hands on” but finding it difficult to delegate with confidence. Individuals frustrated that they don’t have the level of autonomy that they would like. And I …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 6th July 2020 The pandemic is by no means over, and everyone is experiencing it in different ways and at different paces. Whether your team has just kept going, somehow, or is only just beginning to emerge into a different way of working, two articles in the latest issue of Harvard Business …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 1st July 2020 My copy of the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review has arrived and it includes a great read about power in leadership (Long Lingo and McGinn 2020) that dovetails nicely with one of the presentations at the recent “Coaching in the Workplace” conference (Hull 2020). The days of control …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 27th June 2020 I enjoyed my first experience of “Coaching in the Workplace, 2020” this week: a joint conference by the Association for Coaching and the Institute of Coaching, delivered this year through a digital platform. I learned about more than can be covered in just one blog, but was particularly drawn …
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