by Anthony Campbell | 5 Sep 2019 | Coaching
“Hope is a fantastic noun and a shit verb.”Unknown [1] Just take a moment to reflect on that quote for a minute. How many times have you heard people say, “I hope ..”? Hope as a verb is not a strategy for success because hoping for something, doesn’t make it happen....
by Anthony Campbell | 4 Sep 2019 | Coaching
Yesterday I wrote about the concept of understanding the idea of ‘How Do You Want To Be?’ I was reflecting on that post [1] and writing journal notes last night. The following extract from my journal partly answers the question, “Where have you been...
by Anthony Campbell | 3 Sep 2019 | Coaching
Often in our lives, we think about what we need to do. Have you ever thought, however, about how you want to be? If we understand how we want to be, our behaviours and actions will become natural from there. If I want to be curious, I will ask questions and take an...
by Anthony Campbell | 2 Sep 2019 | Coaching
Autonomy is a great motivator. It’s one of the Basic Psychological Needs that people look for in their work (whether they realise it or not). We all like to feel we are in control. Feeling out of control can increase our anxiety and our dissatisfaction with our...
by Anthony Campbell | 30 Aug 2019 | Coaching
I am an executive coach. My role is to sit with leaders and ask questions, listen to their answers, challenge their thinking, hold them accountable for their actions and do so in a confidential and safe environment. I have a coach. His name is Graham. His role is to...
by Anthony Campbell | 29 Aug 2019 | Coaching
I worked with a company once that had a value of ‘no mistakes’. It was on their website. What they were trying to communicate was, “Dear Customer, the product you will get from us is high quality and error-free.” The goal was aspirational, and the company CEO was...
by Anthony Campbell | 28 Aug 2019 | Coaching
I’m not talking clinical-level anxiety here. I’m talking about everyday fears and discomforts that we experience due to our relationship with uncertainty. We come across situations that make us feel uncomfortable every day. Consider the scenario of a networking event....
by Anthony Campbell | 27 Aug 2019 | Coaching
As a leader, you may be really good at asking questions. If you are, you may notice that, on occasion, the person you’re asking questions of may be struggling with answering. This may be for several reasons: They may be accessing long term memory.They may be working...
by Anthony Campbell | 26 Aug 2019 | Coaching
Do we want our people to be happy at work, or would we prefer they prioritise curiosity? Can they have both? In a 2009 paper on Curiosity and Interest [1], the authors discussed the difference between the two emotions. Curiosity has us looking for the new and...
