• Space – the final frontier

    • July 11, 2014
    • Posted by: gstar
    • Category: Leading
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    On Tuesday evening I went to a preview of Martin Firrell’s new installation in The Vaults underneath Waterloo Station. It’s called “It ends here” and it’s inspired by the Planet of the Apes and explores human nature and the possibility of peaceful co-existance with those who are different to us.

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  • What do you do if they cry?

    • June 13, 2014
    • Posted by: gstar
    • Category: Coaching
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    I had the pleasure this week of working with a group of bright, young tech consultants on developing their coaching skills and practice. They impressed me with their openness, their appetite for learning and the way they wrestled with the practicalities and tensions of integrating coaching into their practice as leaders and consultants.

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  • Who are the least creative professionals?

    • May 30, 2014
    • Posted by: gstar
    • Category: Leading
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    Who are the least creative professionals – actuaries, air-traffic controllers, civil servants? I don’t know about the first two (and perhaps I am happy for them to play safe) but I am re-evaluating my prejudices about the third.

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  • There’s only one coaching question

    • March 21, 2014
    • Posted by: gstar
    • Category: Coaching
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    When I heard Sir John Whitmore make this assertion a few years ago I was taken aback. It’s a nice, pithy line but surely coaching is more complex, more subtle than that.

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  • Leadership is not a transferable skill

    • February 21, 2014
    • Posted by: gstar
    • Category: Leading
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    Why does my heart sink when I hear that Sir Stuart Rose of M & S has been appointed to advise the NHS? It’s because I suspect his expertise won’t be directly transferable.

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