UPCOMING EVENTS
This exercise raises a client's awareness and allows the client to plan a life that is more satisfying and closer to their definition of balance. It also helps clarify priorities for goal-setting. Balance is personal and unique to each individual - what may be satisfying or balanced for some may be stressful or boring for others. Ask your client to review the 8 categories on their Wheel of Life. The categories should together create a view of a balanced life...
Values are “fundamental attitudes guiding our mental processes and behaviour” that “produce the belief that life is meaningful and serve as a measure of how meaningful one’s actions are, that is, consistent with that person’s value system” (Vyskocilova et al., 2015). Values clarification involves identifying your personal value system and creating a hierarchy of values to consider when making decisions, choosing ways to ‘be’ and live by. This value system can help you to exit your comfort zone in order...
Psychometric assessments are becoming a more common tool to support talent management, selection and organisational culture/environment of it. The assessment tools are utilised for a wide range of measurement purposes including selection, succession planning, coaching, and team development. Despite this, human capital and other professionals need to ensure they are choosing the right tests and the right norm groups, whilst administering and feeding-back the results in the right way to the right people otherwise the experience may be ‘nice’, or...
The idea of leaders adopting a coaching approach is gaining traction across organisations. It is increasingly evident that the leadership capabilities that have worked in the past will not be sufficient for navigating the complexities of the future (Hawkins, 2021). BECKETT MCINROY Consultancy, with the award-winning CoachME Model and process, has been at the forefront of integrating coaching into leadership, demonstrating its power to close critical leadership capability gaps. When leaders coach, they do not merely manage people; they facilitate...
There is a growing body of empirical evidence to substantiate the impact of Coaching within organisations through a coaching culture and with external coaches. Coaching can enable and facilitate learning and move organisations and teams towards identifying beliefs, motivators and action with sustained results. Coaching is about balance, choices, priorities and values to increase impact. Source: Organisational Coaching Uncovered Business in Gulf, March 2018
Have you ever come across a team that seems to generate drama the second they enter the room? Often, individually, each team member seems to be able to separate from the drama and perform effectively, yet – together – there is no cohesion. Sick of the drama in your team? Read on to discover strategies for working through the victim-rescuer-persecutor cycle. Source: Going Off Script How to Get Out of a Drama Triangle Business in Gulf, June 2017
The Ladder of Inference was proposed as a tool for trying to ensure decisions are based on hard reality and facts rather than wrong conclusions or assumptions, its understanding can empower and enable leaders to reduce potentially very damaging business relationships. This was back in the 1970s. The Ladder of Inference describes many moves through a series of mental steps, often very rapidly, to come to a conclusion, based on ‘data’ received. This data can be visual, kinaesthetic, auditory or...
Team coaching (teams being ‘facilitated’ or ‘coached’ by a team’s leader or by an internal or external Coach) is on the rise. It is a fabulous tool for employee engagement, team development, innovation and creating ideas, as well as a way of reducing toxicity in organisations. To do this a Coach, in addition to the competencies required for 1-1 coaching, requires further specialised competencies. Source: Team and Peer Coaching – The Way Ahead Business in Gulf, December 2016
Although we have been conducting psychometrics in the region for over 15 years, these diagnostics for recruitment, promotion and development are becoming a ‘go to’ tool to support organisational talent management through ability and personality assessments. What is important when choosing psychometrics tools and qualified Psychometrists to provide effective feedback? You need to ensure that you are being provided with the right tests and the right norm groups to meet your needs. Source: Professional Profiling BIZBahrain, August 2016
This is a story about cross-cultural, cross continent, cross sector training and what worked for our client. How can trainers deliver expert subject matter? What’s the best way to train? What’s the ROI for internal v external training? Is a train the-trainer model effective i.e. training subject matter experts or technicians to train? What is the best way to manage global organisation-wide training? Source: Transformation for Success, Business in Gulf, July 2016
The Chartered Management Institute estimates women are underpaid by 100 minutes every day in comparison to their male colleagues. Over the course of a year this adds up to a staggering 57 days, which equates to an average 22% of annual salary. Ann Francke, the Institute’s Chief Executive, has also suggested that the bonuses men receive can be twice those of their female counterparts. This has been attributed to: firstly, their bosses and secondly, to the fact that gender salary...
We know that businesses should stay focused on what is beneficial to shareholders and stakeholders, manage responsibilities, establish operational and societal goals, report regularly to ensure transparency and focus on engagement orientation behaviours for customer trust and reputation as an employer of choice. This is all important. Easy? No so. An efficient and effective Board is pivotal to the success of a company and teamwork is crucial to Board performance. Source: Coaching-the-Board, Business in Gulf, Bahrain, February 2016
There are a growing number of Coaches, both in the GCC and globally. Some are trained, some are experienced, some focus on a particular niche, and others are certified and members of international coaching professional bodies. The myriad of coaches may make choosing the best one for you a difficult task. Unfortunately, some people who purport to be Coaches have just basic introductory training and are uncertified and inexperienced. This article supports the need for regulating the coaching profession. ...
Human nature leads us to rely on the identities that we are most comfortable with and to allow the others to diminish. Some of us keep our most compelling leadership identities hidden from work, only to keep them alive and well at home, with friends and family, or in our community. We can choose to extend our leadership skills by granting ourselves access to a greater range of leadership identities, increasing our leadership capacity, enhancing collaboration, generating innovation and creating...
By understanding what an entrepreneur is, how they operate, and the competencies that are needed to ensure success, you will then be armed with the knowledge to decide if an entrepreneurial life is right for you. This article will uncover the makings of an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is now even becoming identified as a career choice in its own right. Harvard Business School have the definition formulated by Professor Howard Stevenson, who defines entrepreneurialism as ‘a pursuit of opportunity beyond resources...
Despite a relatively slow start, businesses of all sizes and in all sectors are realizing the immense value of social media in driving business growth and building authentic relationships with their consumers. Incorporating social media into your business strategy is essential, but how successful you are may depend on a number of different factors. How do you ensure your venture into social media is a success? Source: The Right Plan, Business in Gulf, Bahrain, October 2015
Remember a time at work when there was enormous stress or uncertainty? You had a conversation that may not have given you the answers you wanted to hear, but gave you some of what you needed to hear. In that moment, you were able to make more sense of your work environment. You were engaged in conversation. You felt heard. You left knowing more about the situation and your role in it. You just had a ‘clean conversation.’ Source:...
Celebrated academic, author and life coach Dr Clare Beckett-McInroy has released a new book that aims to guide readers to networking success on and off- line. With more acronyms after her name than a box of Scrabble; Dr Clare EdD, MAEd, PG Cert, PG Dip, BA Hons QTS, CPCC, PCC and MAC, is an authoritative figure in many areas. Her latest project, Coach Me Networking Know How, has more than 40 reflections and snippets of sound advice from international professionals...
High net-worth clients tend to have Family Offices to manage and recommend on their private wealth and other family matters. Family Offices may deal with staffing for families as well as finances and investments, including budgeting, insurance, donations, family-owned business, wealth transfer and tax. Family Offices also ensure due diligence and strategize on wealth distribution and succession. Source: Managing Your Millions BIG, September/October 2014
It’s that time of year when 16- and 17-year-olds are assessing their university choices. What’s your role in ensuring your child is making informed choices to enable long-term career? It is a fact that each year thousands of students drop out of Sixth Form and university or change course due to the lack of objective or clarity around their decisions. Sadly, there are millions of adults who are in careers that they ‘ended up in’ or are unhappy with. Source:...
There has been a recent shift from the old rule of ‘never talk to strangers’ to ‘never go anywhere with anyone without asking permission first’. This is justified by the idea that a child, who has been taught to never talk to strangers, may feel they have nowhere to go if they find themselves lost in a public place. Should you be teaching your children which strangers to ‘trust’ and how to approach an adult for help? Source: Hello...
We’ve all been told about the dangers of sugar, fast food and poor sleeping patterns. Prolonged sitting might not sound like a game changer, but the reality is that it poses huge problems to your health. Dr James Levine from the Mayo Clinic has stated, “Sitting is the new smoking.” Why is sitting so dangerous and how can we minimise its effects in our modern world? Sitting in itself is not an issue but the problem arises with uninterrupted prolonged...
Pro-active parents across the globe have raised concerns about the commercialisation and the sexualisation of children. The claim is that a shield of protection is needed to ensure that children are not bombarded with inappropriate images and content. This is not just a concern on the web through social media and on-line purchasing, it is also evident implicitly and often explicitly through services and goods, such as toys and clothes that are advertised with children and young people as their...
I am sure that we all remember bedtime stories when we were children. There was the thrill of choosing a book and having the undivided attention of one of our parents or carers for those few precious moments before drifting off to sleep. Reading is a skill which needs to be taught. When modelled by someone they respect, children learn to value its pleasure. Source: Today A Reader Tomorrow A Leader Woman this Month Website, Bahrain, December 2013
