Develop Potential | Executive Coaching, Staff Development and Performance Management

I attended a workshop last Tuesday evening, presented by Sir John Whitmore,  one of the most well known  and respected authorities on coaching.  His book "Coaching for Performance" is probably the most widely read text on modern coaching techniques

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Last night I attended a lecture in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Irish Academy, which took the form of an interview between Leo Enright and Astronaut Joe Edwards. Joe talked passionately and with confidence about his career and how it led him to pilot the space shuttle for rendezvous with the International Space Station. He told stories about how Ireland looked from space and how the

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I had the opportunity to interview some senoir managers last week for a business article. My job was to ask lots of questions so that I could get fresh material - this also involved checking and clarifying my understanding.  A curious thing happened in each case - by the end of the interview the person I was interviewing  had gotten into a deeply reflective mode  and was thinking

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Worked with a client last week who was facing challenges with a new management role in a large organisation. A lot of the concerns were about communication and getting support from fellow managers - however the biggest insight was that self belief was critical and had to be rebuilt. Those that succeed in their goals tend to have strong self belief and find ways to reinforce that confidence. It is

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Our sailing crew got the result from last two races of the summer season- we were delighted to get a couple of first places (after applying handicaps!). This was a huge improvement on first part of season when we were glad to finish the course within sight of the rest of the fleet! Great at the end of our first season crewing together. The lesson was that we needed to literally

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