This guest article was written by Paul Volynski. Thank you so much for your contribution Paul.   Imagine your team is working on an important task and agrees it needs to move quickly. On the surface, everyone is on the same page. One colleague says, “Let’s just get moving.” Another hears the same words and… Continue Reading Managing friction to leverage [...]

This article looks at what mansplaining is, how it affects human interactions and how it undermines leadership as well as teamwork. It provides scientific reports underlining these effects. Prompted by another recent experience with mansplaining – this time someone trying to explain SEO to me and tell me what to do next – this article… Continue Reading Mansplaining & how it [...]

Unwritten systemic laws – does that sound strange to you? Yet we are intuitively aware of them, and they become clear immediately when boundaries are crossed. For example: if there is no balance between give and take in a system, such as an organization, most people intuitively recognize this as injustice. Even if it cannot… Continue Reading Give and take – systemic laws in [...]

This article looks at my path as a business coach and coaching in terms of its measured effectiveness in organisations. Scientific evidence as well my professional experience are included. It explores the findings that coaching improves employee engagement, frees up leadership resources and provides a significant return on investment. Building on my last article on… Continue Reading [...]

This article is on how to measure business coaching effectively and assess its success. It covers a step-by-step approach on how make your work with a business coach measurable. It includes how to plan what you want to do, keep on top of your implementation and assess how successful the coaching has been for you… Continue Reading Measuring coaching effectively