'...pulling oneself up by bootstraps is a romanticised idea, disregarding structural, political, and societal level inequalities.' Read more in 'The myth of meritocracy': thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-35/july…

This comes up so often in #coaching - how to trust yourself. A lovely exploration of Emerson’s thinking, and a rabbit hole of others’ work in this arena to fall down

A thought-provoking definition of the meaning of coaching from simonwestern in the Animas conference keynote this morning: #Coaching facilitates & supports “a client’s formation process to help them live a good life & create the good society”

A seminar from RSA Events on what makes for good and meaningful work featuring AlexCarry and Hilary Cottam in conversation with Sharmi Surianarain is making for an excellent follow-up to simonwestern 's provocations for the field of #coaching this morning x.com/RSAEvents/stat…

Lots of interesting thinking here 🔽

To 2923 and all it holds! I love the discovery of these two words that could scaffold the new year and the choices it will witness: ‘respair’ and ‘resipiecence’

The debate about job quantity vs quality, about sanctions & about the impact of work on mental health has been raging for a while now & is still current. I wrote this almost a decade ago & it remains relevant today Institute for Employment Studies The Conversation theconversation.com/any-job-isnt-n…

🧵 THREAD: How we feel matters at work. New research, now published in Management Science, shows the first causal link between #wellbeing and productivity. Read more👉 wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/produc… 1/

If you aren’t sure, another 100 opinions willl only make you less sure. Ultimately you have to ask yourself.

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” Emerson, born 220 years ago today, on how to trust yourself themarginalian.org/2022/09/12/eme…

I’m usually fairly reluctant to recommend books to people I’m coaching, but this wonderful book Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman is a happy exception. #coaching

I like these prompts to inquiry in this matrix #coaching #leadership

Many coaching conversations I have open with “I don’t know where to begin”. But begin we do, somewhere. And usually end up with a new understanding of that point of entry. Love having stumbled over this Margaret E Atwood quote via Prof Joanne Murphy

We live in a world where so much of the messaging we hear is about being better and doing more. What if we choose something different? What if we decide that who we are, right now, in this moment, is enough?

There’s such beauty in each of these prompts

This resonates after a day’s coaching: “When you hit the pause button on a machine, it stops. But when you press the pause button on a human, they start.” #coaching

Remembering Steve Bevan’s huge contribution to thinking about work and the workplace. Working with him The Work Foundation was eye-opening and his was pivotal to our work on what made for Good Work. He’ll be sorely missed by many