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Building Resilience

October 23, 2009

Last week Robert Latham from Teacher Support Network answered questions on the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Forum. His response to a question about Ofsted inspections really works for me on many levels: “Building resilience is an essential part of managing stress. If you want to build your resilience, work on developing these attitudes and behaviours: [...]

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Review: Love your life – Survive the System: A teacher's happiness curriculum

May 9, 2009

This book is an easy and enjoyable read specifically aimed at helping teachers to help themselves. Written in an informal, chatty and engaging style simple but powerful exercises are fused with case studies and quotes are carefully chosen to sit along side the content written by a former teacher. Eilidh Milnes is an inspiring lady [...]

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Review: Coaching and Mentoring at work by Mary P Connor and Julia Pokora

May 9, 2009

Coaching frameworks are something that I have come to value as a useful way of structuring a coaching conversation. The Skilled Helper model features highly in this book, but this book is so much more than just about a framework. This book also includes a great chapter on choosing a coach and how you get [...]

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Review: Power up your mind by Bill Lucas

May 9, 2009

Power up your mind by Bill Lucas A page turner and a book that grabbed me from the first couple of pages. I loved the format, attempted many of the short exercises that punctuate the text and incorporated several of the ideas into my life and coaching practice. I am finding the concepts on pages [...]

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Review: E-myth revisited by Michael E Gerber

May 9, 2009

Wow what an amazing ‘page turner’! If I wasn’t already convinced that documenting my systems and processes was essential from the start then I am now. Compelling business fundamentals punctuated with questions to enhance your learning and each chapter summarized with a compelling case study that any business owner, past, present or future, will be [...]

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Review: Coaching Performance growing people purpose by Sir John Whitmore

May 9, 2009

Great question ideas, and useful transcripts at the end of practical chapters.

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Review: The Coaching Manual by Julie Starr

May 9, 2009

A great book for understanding the fundamentals of professional coaching; set out in a logical and visually pleasing format with content that should stimulate all preferred learning styles. The chapters are punctuated by exercises to help reinforce the learning. I have already found these exercises most useful for taking the learning into coaching conversations. My [...]

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Review: Good to Great by Jim Collins

May 9, 2009

Simple, but powerful, concepts backed up by impressive research. This business book rates as one of my all time favourites. Recommended by my husband, I devoured each CD often listening to sections twice and making notes so that I really understood the principles. As a visual thinker I really connected with the Hedgehog concept and [...]

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Mind Mapping For Learning – Software Review of iMindMap endorsed by Tony Buzan

February 13, 2009

A mind map review of the software iMindMap endorsed by Tony Buzan

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Top 5 Inspiring podcasts of 2008

December 8, 2008

MY Top 5 …inspiring podcasts of 2008 1. Manager Tools by Michael Auzenne and Mark Horstman 2. The More Done Less Time Show by Donna Lendzyk 3. Sales Rant by Jeffery Gitomer 4. Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim 5. Podcasts from the CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Professional Development)

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