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Coaching Ugly
- December 5, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Coaching
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I have just been re-reading Brad Gilbert’s book, “Winning Ugly” (the second best book I know on tennis performance*). He talks about setting your mental compass for a match by clearly answering two questions…
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What jazz teaches us about coaching
- November 17, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Coaching
At the Club Inegales recently, down in a basement on North Gower Street, I found myself watching members of the house band, Notes Inegales, during their joint set with their guests…
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Contradictions of Coaching
- August 23, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Coaching
One of the questions about coaching that continues to fascinate me is “what is excellent coaching?” I have written elsewhere on the route to coaching mastery.* But what do great coaches actually do?
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Scouting for Coaches
- July 18, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Finding Your Voice
“What do you do to get into the ‘zone’?” asked my friend and colleague Mark when we worked together last week. We were delivering workshops to an exec MBA group on Executive Presence.
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From Hank to Hendrix: leadership lessons from the godfather of grunge.
- June 20, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Leading
Last Saturday I spent 3 glorious hours in the company of Neil Young at the O2. The man is 70 and, supported by band members who looked well short of half his age…
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Coaching the caged bird to sing
- May 31, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Finding Your Voice
Last week I was enjoying delivering a leadership workshop with my great colleague, Andrea when I was reminded of one of the many wonderful phrases crafted by Maya Angelou…
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A challenging conversation with Elvis
- April 22, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Finding Your Voice
Thursday – delivering a workshop on managing challenging conversations with a colleague for a corporate client.
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Coaching with a difference
- March 30, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Real World Learning
Once a month I relax completely as Sue pounds my back to draw out some of the tensions and contortions put there by tennis and life in general. As I relax, despite the pain, we talk freely about what we’re doing and what’s going on in the world.
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Coaching with Dolly
- January 27, 2016
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Finding Your Voice
I was flicking through the sleeve notes for Dolly Parton’s latest album (in the passenger seat) on a long drive to York recently when I was reminded of a recent conversation with a new coaching client.
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You cannot be serious
- November 25, 2015
- Posted by: gstar
- Category: Finding Your Voice
Yesterday I attended Carole Pemberton’s excellent coaching masterclass on resilience and, a few weeks ago, the launch of a new book curated by Liz Hall on Coaching in Times of Crisis and Transformation.