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"I want to change, but not if it means changing."

This quote comes from a book I read recently - 'The Examined Life' by Stephen Grosz.  Stephen is a psychoanalyst.  The quote comes from one of his patients.

It's International Coaching Week 2013. This is the fourth of a series of articles aimed at raising awareness of coaching and its benefits. As mentioned in this earlier post, listening is a critical skill in coaching - and life.  Here are 5 ways to listen better.

It's International Coaching Week 2013. This is the third post to raise awareness of coaching and its benefits.

Here's a really interesting and throught provoking set of articles exploring a range of topics on coaching.

It's International Coaching Week 2013. This is the second article to raise awareness of coaching and its benefits.

20 - 26 May 2013 is International Coaching Week.  During this week members of the International Coach Federation around the world are raising awareness of professional coaching and its benefits.

On 7 May I was featured in the Cambridge News Working Day article. Read on to discover what a day in the life of a coach is like.

Hearing the words extravert and introvert, people often think of an extravert as the 'life and soul of the party' and an introvert as a 'shrinking violet.'

These caricatures have a grain of truth.  However, the psychologist Carl Jung devised the terms to mean your preference for how and where you get your energy.

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We play a leadership role in a variety of aspects of our lives - for ourselves, in our families, with our friends, in our leisure activities and our work.  Developing our own sense of self awareness leads to understanding our strengths, our impact on others and gives us more choices.  That is why I call my style of coaching - leadership coaching.

Do you, like me, feel bombarded by messages about how to achieve those new year's resolutions?  This year there are some different approaches to the standard goal setting process too.