authenticity

Shine Bright: Navigating the Storms of Life with Authenticity

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This image is in a watercolour style. There is a green landscape at the bottom where a human figure is stood with their back to us with both their arms raised upwards. Tiny flecks of a golden yellow seem to be radiating out from this individual into the sky. The sky is oranges and reds blending into purple with some clouds. A rainbow is forming and goes out of sight at the top of the image. The text reads: "Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life, The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints tomorrow with prophetic ray!"(Lord Byron)

Happy Wednesday! Apparently in the US today is Find a Rainbow day, so this seemed the time to have this quote as the quote of the day: “Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life, The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints tomorrow with prophetic ray!”(Lord Byron) At its core, this … Read more

Waking Up and Thinking About Truth

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This is a shot of a light grey table top from above. To the right there is a green leafy plant in a white pot. To the left, and taking up almost half the image is a clipboard. To the right of the clipboard is a ball point pen, with a black body with silver at both ends. On the clipboard is a piece of paper with a logo in the top left corner. On the paper is text that reads: "Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about." (Eleanor Hallowell Abbott)

Happy Thursday! Today’s quote is: “Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about.” (Eleanor Hallowell Abbott) I … Read more

Beyond Judgment: Creating a Coaching Space of Understanding and Acceptanc

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Happy Monday! Today’s quote is: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” (Rumi) Rumi’s words resonate deeply with the essence of what coaching means to me, offering a profound invitation to transcend the limitations of judgment and embrace the boundless realm of understanding and connection. It’s … Read more

Authentic Leadership Styles – Being True to You

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In this weeks guest post business coach and HR professional Lisa Thomson shares and reflects upon a recent experience: Authentic Leadership Styles – Being True to You By Lisa Thomson “This above all: to thine own self be true.” (Shakespeare) This is a more of a personal reflection than many of my usual LinkedIn posts … Read more

Are You Walking It?

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In this week’s Friday guest post successful coach Richard Nugent, who provided a fantastic guest post last year, returns for a second time. This week he shares his thoughts about congruence in coaching. Are You Walking It? by Richard Nugent Ok my wonderful fellow coaches let us start with a question. Do you have a … Read more