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It’s hard to deny that team coaching is ‘having a moment’: whenever I log into LinkedIn, scan the prospectuses of the coaching schools or look at the books, articles, webinars and podcasts that are available – it’s all about team coaching. And while I love 1:1 coaching, facilitating groups and delivering

Imagine that it’s the end of next week. On a large blank sheet of paper write down what you would like to be able to say about the week “just gone”. How have you spent it? How were you? What have you achieved?. The list will probably be a mix of personal and professional tasks

Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar and former President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation) and his leadership team asked themselves a string of questions following the astonishing success of their early films ‘Toy Story’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’: “If we had done some things right to achieve success, how could

1)    Be careful what you don’t wish for… I’ve learned to notice when people say “I would never…” or “I have no interest in…”. It often means “I would love to…”.  So how come I believed myself when I proclaimed for years that running a marathon was a bad idea? Bad for the knees

I remember the first strategy away day I had with the senior team in a recently merged organisation; each wanted to present their strategy and intended to use PowerPoint. They were dismayed when I invited them to confine their presentation onto two pages of flipchart. But the conversation we had that day

How to foster commitment – not just compliance – on your team The dynamic shifts at this time of the yearand it’s often a great time to stop and reassess. Where’s our focus? What are our priorities? How am I leading the team? Some leaders foster compliance: teams of people who work