Maternity Comeback Coaching

Maternity comeback coaching is about getting ready to return to your career and helping you make as smooth a transition back to your pre-leave performance as possible. The majority of coachees I work with in this guise are sponsored by their organisation and I work with them through The Talent Keeper Specialists. Have a look at the Career Returner page on www.talentkeepers.co.uk... Read More

Power of Praise

Hands up if you think lots of nice thoughts about people but don’t always share them? Some clever statistician has worked out that performance at work increases by 39% when we give informal feedback about people’s strengths compared to a decrease of about 27% when we give feedback focussed on what people don’t do well. I run coaching workshops for managers to get... Read More

Positive self-talk

Have you got a friend or foe upstairs in that beautiful bonce of yours? A helpful little thing that calms, soothes and bolsters? Or a Meddling Martha that undermines, irritates and hinders you? Hmmm, ponder that one a moment. I’ve got a lovely new client who’s noticed her Meddling Martha has gone into over drive since she quit corporate life to go solo. You might... Read More