Work-life balance and employee well-being are systems issues

The potential is high for hybrid working to enable people to have more fulfilled, more productive lives replete with accomplishments and fulfilment in terms of both work and personal life. The practice frequently misses the mark. Commuting may have been a pain, but it provided valuable mental down time. Working from home can easily become working longer and not being able to switch off. Without rigorous planning and discipline, we can end up with less exercise and more stress.

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The most common mistakes in mentoring programmes

Over four decades, I have encountered thousands of mentoring programmes in dozens of countries. Many of them deliver superb results for all their stakeholders. Other fizzle out and leave no lasting legacy. The mentoring programme standards from the EMCC were introduced nearly 20 years ago and have been periodically updated. They provided the basis for...

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Psychedelic coaching

Board directors have immense responsibility – the future of the company is in their hands and in the decisions they make. They also have responsibility to multiple stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, customers, investors and the environment. In theory, great responsibility should be accompanied by great accountability. In practice, the consequences when directors do a poor job, are minimal. While there are sanctions for dishonesty (such as disqualification or in extreme cases, such as fraud, prison), the bar for incompetence is set so high in many Western economies that the only sanction is losing their job. 

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Tomorrow’s Board: Why every director needs the skills of coaching and mentoring

Board directors have immense responsibility – the future of the company is in their hands and in the decisions they make. They also have responsibility to multiple stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, customers, investors and the environment. In theory, great responsibility should be accompanied by great accountability. In practice, the consequences when directors do a poor job, are minimal. While there are sanctions for dishonesty (such as disqualification or in extreme cases, such as fraud, prison), the bar for incompetence is set so high in many Western economies that the only sanction is losing their job. 

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What does it mean to be present as a coach or mentor?

Presence is one of those words that gets used and abused for many purposes. One of the most common is as a synonym for charisma, in the sense of attracting admiration or followership. (This is in itself a corruption – the roots of charisma lie in caring for others.)

In the context of a mature and effective coach or mentor, however, presence is a phenomenon that bridges awareness and connection at three levels.

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