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, 1st May 2020 Psychological safety – definition of the term One of our RiverRhee Alumni reminded me recently of the concept of ‘psychological safety’ in teams. It’s a concept that’s been around for a few years now and is something that is relevant to any team, at any time. It may be …
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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, 29th June 2019 I have been spending a pleasant few hours browsing through the APM’s summer issue (no.299) of their quarterly publication Project and have found it a rich mine of information for the subjects that RiverRhee covers in its courses for project and line managers. Here then are some extracts from …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 14th May 2019 Working across silos – an enabler for developing leadership skills I recently delivered one of RiverRhee‘s and PERLA‘s Transition to Leadership courses where we share, amongst other information, Michael D Watkins’ “7 seismic shifts” for new leaders. An essential skill, when moving into a leadership role, is the ability …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 27th April 2019 Project is the APM’s (Association for Project Managment) regular publication for its members. This spring’s issue carries a fascinating article by Ben Hargreaves, editor of Project, featuring Emma Dutton MBE. The article describes how she has founded a consultancy, the Applied Influence Group, to apply what she has learnt …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 4th November 2018 As many of the organisations that I work with are really struggling with this issue, Rose Hollister’s and Michael Watkins’ Harvard Business Review article on “Too many projects” (Sept-Oct 2018, pp 65-71) was very appropriate. Why care about too many projects? The authors assessment of the potential of too …
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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By Elisabeth Goodman, 27th March 2016 Our mental maps I’ve noticed lately that my brain is not as sharp as it usually is. For example, when setting off in my car I have to think carefully about where I’m going, and then re-create my mental map of how to get there. Trying to remember the name …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 29th January 2016 APM events are a great opportunity for developing our professional knowledge I led a seminar this week for the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Branch members, as a member of the committee of the APM Enabling Change SIG and also as an independent change practitioner. It was apparent from the level of …
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