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Video – Boundaries at Work
Boundaries at work can be a tricky topic. But they’re an important part of helping everybody to be at their best.
Fortunately, #CaptainCoach is on hand again to show the way …
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Video – Difficult Conversations at Work
Good news - difficult conversations at work don’t need to be difficult any more - phew! Video: Why they're difficult, how to do them.
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Business Book of the Month Webinar
How to deal with the 9 types of difficult people. Catch-up with my Book of the Month webinar. Mindset, tools, strategies and more.
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How to Stop Being a People-Pleaser at Work – My Book in Stylist Magazine
Worried that you might be a People-Pleaser at work? 😟👩💼
Here's how to ditch the habit! 🚫
@StylistMagazine article 📰
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Why People Become Difficult at Work
Ever experienced someone being really difficult to get on with at work, and wondered WHY? 🤷♀️
Check-out this article to discover the 4️⃣ key reasons.
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My Book in Stylist Magazine: 9 types of difficult people you’ll come across at work
Great article in @StylistMagazine, my book, 9 Types of Difficult People.
Really good overview + super tips for great working relationships!
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Don’t talk about Doom and Gloom – Act!
Why people often won't listen to problems and risks and how it might better to do guerrilla leadership instead!
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The Antidote for too much Snippiness at Work is more Self-Compassion
We're more stressed-out than usual now and might take it out on others at work. The answer is to take better care of ourselves first.
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How to get your mindset right for leading one on one meetings
This is the first in a series of top tips for people who want to use one-on-one meetings as a tool for leading the efforts of their team members
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Influence – or Crash and Burn
A personal story: All managers need to be influencers too. Otherwise you can't win approval and support for the things you want to do.
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When Asking, Telling and Suggesting Still Don’t Get Results
Deciding what to do when someone persistently doesn't deliver at work is actually quite difficult!
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The Hierarchy of Soft-Skills
According to Forbes, soft skills have now become crucial success factors at work. But did you know there's also a *hierarchy* to soft-skills?
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Six warning signs that your leadership is dangerously boring!
If pressure to deliver has made you a boring leader, don't turn staff and clients into zombies too! Six warning signs to look out for; and what to do about them.
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A coaching question
Quite possibly my all-time favourite coaching question: What kind of person are you - at your *absolute* best?
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Which Team are YOU on?
Managers and Leaders should be a teammate at work on the RIGHT team - and not confuse Leadership with Team Membership
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Self-Accountability not Self-Criticism
Four simple questions to develop more self-accountability and avoid falling into the trap of self-criticism
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Asking in the Right Way
Creative step-by-step ways for Leaders to successfully ask people to do stuff without hitting a problem.
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Slower, Lower, Weaker
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