Tag: #construction


You Don’t Own ANYONE’S Future.

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May 2020

You Don’t Own ANYONE’S Future.

Understandably (and with honorable intent) some folks are wrestling with unpleasant decisions they are ‘compelled’ to make just now. Furloughing, redundancies, cost cutting and the raft of other tough calls. What creates a lot of (unnecessary angst) is the assumption that this decision will wreck, upset, upend, finish or ruin...

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Not one or the other, both, choose both. Where Possibility Lives…

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May 2020

Not one or the other, both, choose both. Where Possibility Lives…

“It is critical that we talk about ‘how we open part of economy safely’ rather ‘than health vs economy’”.  CBI spokesperson April 2020 That was a very interesting signpost / message from the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) – both from an informative point, its inherent message and in the...

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Knee Deep In the Brown Stinky Stuff? The Paradox of Emotions.

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Jan 2020

Knee Deep In the Brown Stinky Stuff? The Paradox of Emotions.

Do you know the secret of Being a Good Coach? The secret of being a Good Coach is…   ‘Being able to Coach  – when you are knee deep in your own shit’ To Coach, add boss, manager, leader, parent, mentor, confidante – in fact, any role where people look to...

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The ‘Rush’ To Judgement.

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Jul 2019

The ‘Rush’ To Judgement.

It’s ‘a rush’ in the sense it makes me feel good. I get to be right about you (in my head) as there is no one else in there to counter my opinion. The lighting speed at which we make a decision about why another human did, or, said what...

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Words Fail Me – That’s Why I need You.

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Nov 2018

Words Fail Me – That’s Why I need You.

That challenging moment when a really necessary conversation sits with us and we can’t think of the ‘right words’ to say. So we leave it. We may well then be left with two deteriorating scenarios. We are giving ourselves a hard time for bottling it, dropping the ball, squandering an...

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The Requirement For Vulnerability

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Nov 2018

The Requirement For Vulnerability

I’d often wondered why the enduring relationships I have with my fellow Royal Marines seem to have an enduring and robust foundation of Trust to them. At the risk of boring people with military virtues that can be difficult to transfer, I concluded there is a key ‘need to know...

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Paying Attention to Meaning.

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Oct 2018

Paying Attention to Meaning.

‘A man’s life is not made up of the things that happened, but by his memory of them and the way in which he remembers.’ (From Where My Heart Used to Beat by Sebastian Faulks) This is important because our interpretation of memory informs our outlook and behaviours – constantly...

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Team Needs Vulnerable – Apply Within.

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Jul 2018

Team Needs Vulnerable – Apply Within.

However much we are committed to being self reliant, self starting, resilient, self generating and personally accountable for as much of our life direction as possible, we are still  intensely vulnerable creatures, wholly at the mercy of the kindness of others for our ultimate happiness and success. We all need...

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Large crowd of people watching concert or sport event

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Jun 2018

The Strongest Teams Are Packed With Humans.

A key fact about human beings: we forget important things. At the humblest level,  we have a tendency to overlook and forget the fact that first and foremost, who we are is proportional to the roles we play. In order: We are human. We are someones child, a brother or...

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