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I think Steve Roesler’s post at All Things Workplace on getting things done  by asking for help is great! It got me thinking about asking for help generally.
Like Steve I think there is often a feeling that to ask for help shows “weakness” and this stops people from doing so. Which is a pity.
Steve writes about […]

In the CIPD quarterly update “Impact” two of the articles particularly interested me. Firstly one about guidance to help line managers manage stress at work more effectively. The author , Ben Willmott of the CIPD says “managing stress is, to a large extent, simply about good people management”. The other about line managers failing to support staff development where […]

When I was in my teens I always knew when my late Grandfather started a sentence with “The youth of today..” that I was in trouble. In his view most of what was wrong with the world was down to the disrespect of young people. Thirty years on and I still hear it regularly. But […]

A while back I worked with some people who had not had a job for a while and wanted to get back into the workplace. I represented a programme called BOOST which provided work skills training and personal development. I became aware of how being ready for work is not just about having those skills […]

I mentor students who are working towards their professional membership. They submit learning records and plans to me and I  make suggestions that help them develop their reflective practice and goal setting.
This is slightly different from my usual coaching style as normally coaching takes place either face to face or by phone when I […]