With Gratitude, optimism is sustainable
It seems that practicing gratitude has several positive benefits. How can we build habits that enable us to realise these benefits?
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mac_db
- Aug 29
- 5 min
Twelve Things I've Learnt ......
What can be learned from coaching - 12 'take aways' shared
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mac_db
- Jun 30, 2022
- 5 min
Coaching: Knowing-Self, being at Choice
How coaching gives you agency, and ownership - Consciousness, Choice and Control Coaching characteristics Carl Rogers was something of an...
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mac_db
- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 min
Negativity bias
How we get in our own way (and what we can do about it) Saboteurs and Superheroes: It seems that we all have a tendency towards the...
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mac_db
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
Casual Chat Vs Coaching Conversation
How coaching conversations are 'better' than a casual chat
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mac_db
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Pleaser - The secret of always putting others first
How putting others first is not always serving them or you. How might a hyper-focus on being ‘considerate and unselfish’ result in you...
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mac_db
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Victim Saboteur
This post explores how a tendency towards negative perspective can inhibit the effectiveness of leaders and those they work with
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mac_db
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Restless Saboteur
Don’t let proxy multi-taking get in the way of your effectiveness Why the perceived benefits of multitasking are holding you back. How...
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mac_db
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Perfectionist Saboteur
Don’t Let Perfection get in the way of the ‘Good Enough’ - How the 80:20 can help Why perceived perfection is holding you back. How...
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mac_db
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Hyper-Vigilant Saboteur – The Worry Wart
Why focusing on risk is holding you back It is a phrase we hear from time to time, referring to someone as a ….’worry wart’. We often do...
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mac_db
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Hyper-Rational Saboteur
How leading and logic are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on thinking and analysing see you getting in your own...
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mac_db
- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Hyper-Achiever Saboteur
Being ‘The Best’ Vs Being ‘Your Best’ How leading and winning are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on achieving...
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mac_db
- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Controller Saboteur - Why taking charge isn't always best
Why taking charge isn't always best? How might your limiting beliefs be holding you back? It’s a phrase we hear from time to...
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mac_db
- Aug 8, 2021
- 1 min
Avoider - Eat that frog
Saboteur series - How might you be getting in your own way? This article explores how those with Avoider are holding themselves back.
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mac_db
- Apr 30, 2021
- 8 min
Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control
Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control. How coaching supported one leader's journey to greater balance, purpose and performance.
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mac_db
- Feb 2, 2021
- 8 min
Highly Effective Teams - what is the magic ingredient?
All things being equal (access to resources, information, expertise etc), teams that know each other deeply will perform better.
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mac_db
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Wellbeing - building a culture that delivers
How well do schools do wellbeing? There is a wellbeing crisis that schools. Mental health services, mental health practitioners and...
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mac_db
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Don't let 'Perfection' get in the way of the 'Good Enough' - How the 80:20 rule can help.
For the month of August my wife and her sister committed to walking 10,000 steps every day to raise money for National Breast Cancer...
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mac_db
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Change your Perspective and open doors -
“It’s not what you look at what matters, it’s what you see” - Henry D Thoreau. How you change the way you look at things is also important.
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mac_db
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
The Value of Values
At times of great uncertainty, how does knowing and honouring our values serve us?
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