Tag Archives: change

Are you catastrophising too?

A new client arrived to her first coaching session recently in some distress. She outlined location and structural changes that were taking place at work, as a result of which she was losing sleep, which was a major factor of … Continue reading

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“It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transition.

Change is situational; the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policty. Transition is the pyschlogical process people go through to come to terms with the new situation. Change, is external, transition is internal.” (Bridges, 1991) … Continue reading

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What would your best friend say?

“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones” – John Lennon “What would your best friend say?” is a really strong coaching question That’s usefully posed when someone is stuck in their thinking; sometimes an … Continue reading

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Fisher with combats on the pontoon

Recently I was invited to participate in a resilience session ahead of an organisational restructuring and consulted on what could be covered in that session. The change curve was proposed. I suggested that if I saw another change curve I … Continue reading

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