Coaching Nuggets

My priorities these days are still firmly focused on family. Also, the value I attach to time has risen exponentially since a toddler is making demands on my attention, so I’ll

My dad always used to say: “Zeit hat man nicht, Zeit muss man sich nehmen”, which translates roughly as “Nobody has time, you have to make time”. Marrying into a

What makes a question a powerful question?  Is there such a thing as a “magic question”? Arguably some questions are more powerful than others. And some questions can feel like

I remember my wife giving me that particular look of hers. It was the kind of glance I get when I say something that feels alien to her psychoanalytic perspective,

Sometimes it’s pretty frustrating to observe my mind at work.  Today was one of those times. Still quite productive I’d say, but in some considerable tension with what the experts

“Just be yourself!” “What a terrible piece of advice!”, I heard someone say once, and it took me a moment to grasp the enormity of the challenge that was being

We’ve all been there: You’ve got a meeting. You’re ready. It’s time. Nobody’s showing up.  You give it a few minutes (as someone who’s married into a Mexican family I’m

One of the most profound flow experiences I’ve ever experienced was driving on the German Autobahn from Gießen to Frankfurt – at an average(!) speed of 200km/h (125mp/h). I was

I’ve always appreciated the martial arts.  It took a while though until I learned that at the core of those that I felt especially drawn to, it wasn’t at all

It is something that experienced coaches know – intuitively and from experience: Coaching works.  But how do we know? Perhaps the progress or change that occurred would have occurred either

In 1997 I listened to my first ever German rap song. I remember it clearly. We were on a class trip to inner city Frankfurt and my mate had me

What’s your “Why”?Who does your work, and your life, serve? What’s your mission?Why are you here?What is your calling? The list could go on for some time, and if I