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Go for Gold: What the Olympics can teach us about achieving our goals

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In advance of the Olympics, my outlook on them was rather cynical. I’m ashamed to say I thought they would be a costly shambles in which Team GB would underperform. Not particularly a sports fan, I even went to the extent of being out of the country when they kicked off. Fortunately, I returned while […]
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How to use Twitter: Top 10 tips

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What exactly is Twitter? According to Twitter’s own website, it’s ‘a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting’. But to the novice, this twittering, chirping, messy online community can seem overwhelming. The only way to really get a sense of what it’s all […]
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Realise Your Strengths: Coaching Fishbowl with Alex Linley

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Coaching fishbowls always put me in awe of both the coach and the person being coached, awe of their bravery in exposing themselves, their expertise and some of their innermost thoughts and doubts to public scrutiny. Alex Linley’s fishbowl on Realise 2 was no exception. The room was spellbound as Alex – calm, composed, comfortable […]
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New Doors Open: Joining The Alliance

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My official start date was April 1, but it wasn’t an April Fool’s prank: I have officially joined the Alliance coaching partnership! In a way, it still doesn’t feel quite real. It’s such a privilege to be asked to join this close-knit group of experienced business coaches in their (or rather, as I should say […]
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Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching

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Business coaching: what it is, why it works, how to do it, when to do it (and when not to). Plus, critically, how to make money doing it. One of the Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching’s biggest assets is it covers all this and more in a single, elegantly written volume. It is genuinely a […]
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How to make sure you achieve what you want

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Following a great response to my previous blog post inspired by my Direct Line for Business calendar, I’ve looked to March’s page for inspiration. The suggestion for this month is to have no more than three priorities at any one time, on the grounds that ‘identifying three priorities will enable you to work with focus […]
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Eat that Frog! by Brian Tracy

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Eat that Frog! is my favourite book on productivity, and I often find myself rereading it in January, to remind myself of the disciplines and practices I’d like to follow in the coming year. While there are 21 tips in the book, these are really just variations on a few key themes. These themes are […]
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Getting Things Done by David Allen

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Getting things done. Time management. Productivity. Whatever you call it, this is one of today’s critical issues. We all have too much to do and want to feel in control of our spiralling to do lists, our groaning inboxes and our bulging diaries. In terms of the amount of ‘stuff’ we try to cram in, […]
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How to get your new year off to a great start

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At the Business Startup Show back in November I picked up a Direct Line desk calendar. Turning to the first page this week, I saw that the business advice for January is ‘Have a clear number one goal’. The full tip reads: Work out your top goal: you will then be able to identify the […]
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