Resilience is widely considered to be a positive character attribute, but should it actually be referred to as a skill, rather than a ‘quality’ or a ‘characteristic’? There are many ways to look at resilience – we consider some of them in today’s blog…
Continue readingStop, Collaborate and Listen
Collaborative cultures support organisational growth, team happiness, employee retention, open communication, innovation…. what’s not to love? How could your organisation’s culture be more collaborative? Here are a few factors to consider introducing…
Continue readingWhat IS Knowledge?
London taxi drivers are known for their grasp of ‘The Knowledge’. They don’t just know street names, they intimately understand one-way systems, building locations, and road conditions. Knowledge is less about learning the route-map and more about understanding the variables on the journey. How much REAL knowledge do we have?
Continue readingZone 2 Training as a Metaphor for Life
Why Zone 2 Training could be your back-pocket metaphor for life: give yourself some time to read our views on how to elevate your performance sustainably, we won’t disappoint…
Continue readingIs the glass half full or half empty?
We all experience those glass half empty moments – despairing when we can’t see a solution to a sticky situation, things are going downhill, we can’t turn things around, it’s too difficult to fix, we’ve tried but…, my boss/spouse/child is going to be disappointed in me – and many more – we don’t need to highlight them all!
Continue readingWant the recipe for success?
A famous tortoise once demonstrated that we can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily rather than quickly and carelessly. In Aesop’s fable, the tortoise advocates longevity, focus and discipline. So why do we often take the approach of the hare?
Continue readingHow do you identify?
ICC coaching is about precision accuracy, helping our clients get exactly what they are looking for. One of the questions we ask is, “Who do you want to be at the end of this?” For this to happen though, we also need to know who you are right now, prompting the question, “How do you identify?”
Continue readingActivity vs Achievement
Are you working hard or delivering results? How many of us have fallen into the trap of being victim to our schedule, qualifying us as busy fools. Where did today go? What did I do this week? Where has this month gone, year gone, decade gone? Sound familiar? Come on in…
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Team Cool have all been there – facing a blank screen, a complex project, or a difficult decision and we’ve all prioritised something else more fun, easier, less time-consuming. Procrastination is a frustrating trait that we all share that leads to pesky feelings of guilt and sometimes regret. But we’ve bridged the gap between hesitation and kick-off with our ‘Start the Essay’ guide.
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