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Peer Coaching and Self-Coaching

The self-coaching approach combines two powerful coaching models into a comprehensive process for self-development. – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more

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Tracking Action Completion

In some organisations, lack of progress on actions between meetings is endemic. In many organisation, it can be quite common, and can be a typical … Read more

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Ownership Culture

Management want it … Management just want it to happen … Management want us to do it – phrases we should never, ever, hear! And yet, … Read more

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Co-Active Leadership

I am grateful to Andy Denne of Teaching Team Leadership for the following brief introduction to Co-Active Leadership. As we all learn to operate and … Read more

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PMI

PMI stands for Plus Minus and Interesting. It is a simple technique which Edward de Bono developed to help people quickly explore a situation or … Read more

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Solution Effect Diagram

The Solution Effect Diagram is a very useful variation of the Ishikawa diagram. It is used for exploring the potential implications to an intended change (sometimes … Read more

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The $500 bet

This particular exercise is based on the results of a survey undertaken by a consulting organisation of failed and delayed projects. In their interviews of the … Read more

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Meaningful Conversation

The Vital Role of Inner Condition in Meeting Effectiveness A big factor in the effectiveness of any meeting is the attitudes of the people within it. … Read more

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Scale of Commitment

Meeting design tends to concern itself predominantly with arriving at the right logical outcome; it is focused on the necessity of coming out with the … Read more

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Personal Action Plans

Personal Action Plans are primarily a means of developing ownership for individual or collective behavioural change. They are analogous to normal meeting actions but differ … Read more

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Myers-Briggs model / Psychometrics

Not all diversity is immediately obvious. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a well established psychometric tool for assessing peoples preferences in decision making activities. … Read more

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The empowerment process

Empowerment is a process. As such it has a number of steps, each of which is important if it is to take place efficiently and … Read more