6-Hat Thinking – Edward De Bono – Creative Thinking
Edward de Bono, the originator of the term ‘lateral thinking’ – observed that people have a tendency to approach decisions and problems from an entrenched habitual perspective. He found that many successful people tend to have a positive and optimistic bias to their thinking. While this was one of the reasons behind their success, it […] Read More...
Make Work-Life Balance Work – recommended TED Talk
A thought provoking TED talk (10 mins) from Nigel Marsh author of “Fat, Forty and Fired”. He points out that gaining balance is not about deciding to start going to the gym (“being a fit 10 hr a day work rat is not more balanced, it’s more fit!) – it’s about making small changes that […] Read More...
Emotional Capitalists, The New Leaders – Dr Martyn Newman – Book Review
What’s it about? “Emotional capitalists are those extraordinary leaders who recognise that to build a successful business today they must go beyond a focus on traditional financial assets, such as physical capital….and even beyond intellectual capital…to a new focus on emotional capital – the energy, enthusiasm and commitment in the hearts of everyone connected with […] Read More...
Goals! by Brian Tracy – Book Review
Brian Tracy – Goals! How to Get Everything you Want – Faster than you ever thought – July 2010 Even coaches need to step back once in a while and practise what they preach! For me, Brian Tracy is a source of great inspiration and plenty of practical tips on establishing what it is you […] Read More...