Helen Burt Iain McCormickAug 202 minThe dangers of digital step countersPhoto credit: Bruno Nascimento. Many of us have enjoyed the opportunity to get out and do more walking and running during the COVID-19 lo...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJul 62 minFinding Relief from FrustrationPhoto credit: Tianshu Liu Despite the affirmations that many self-help books preach, life can be difficult and challenging with many impo...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJun 91 minSelf Practice/Self Reflection: A new world of professional development for coachesPhoto: Gabriel Benois Self Practice Self Reflection is about understanding coaching ‘from the inside out’ – by coaches experiencing the p...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickApr 272 minBecome a Statesman-Like Leader A statesman is a respected leader in a given field. Perhaps more importantly they are often politicians who are unencumbered promoters o...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickMar 51 minSelf Practice Self Reflection for BurnoutMany coaches see four or five clients a day for four or five days a week. The work requires endless concentration, empathy and compassion...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickFeb 31 minA new world of professional development for coachesPhoto credit: Marten Bjork Most executive coaches attend training courses and have supervision to enable them to keep up to date and rele...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickSep 2, 20192 minUsing Buddhist Psychology in Executive Coaching Iain McCormick and Stewart Forsyth From a paper presented at the NZPsS Conference Rotorua, August 2019. Buddhism predates modern psycholo...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickAug 30, 20191 minAre your project values alive or dead?The best sort of project values are aspirational. These values tell your team what is essential for success even if some of these things ...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJul 30, 20192 minHow to prevent burnout at workAt times we all feel frustrated and wrung out at work. By contrast, burnout is a chronic feeling of emotional exhaustion, cynicism and l...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJun 23, 20192 minAre you a Cross-Enterprise Leader?Think about how you spend your time as a leader. What percentage of your time is spent: 1. Undertaking your own tasks and achieving you...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJun 1, 20191 minWhat is Mindfulness Based Executive Coaching?There is a wealth of evidence about the value of mindfulness meditation for both brain and body function (Davidson and Lutz, 2008, Tang e...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickMay 19, 20191 minAn easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad onesThis book by James Clear is definitely worth the read. It contains a number of fascinating ideas: 1. Habits are the compound interest of ...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickApr 30, 20192 minBuilding better business partnershipsOrganisations are regularly forming partnerships to bid for new projects, to gain access to new markets or to reduce risk. As business g...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickMar 26, 20192 minYour professional services firm needs a balanced set of performance indicatorsHistorically, professional services organisations have focused on financial measures to track success. The SPI Research Professional Serv...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickMar 3, 20191 minHas your career stalled? Recent research with over 18,000 C-suite leaders has shown that it is common for talented executives to find their careers have stalled. ...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickFeb 21, 20191 minCollective Impact: A proven approach to large scale collaboration Creating lasting solutions to any large-scale social problem typically involves the coordinated efforts of a number of different organisa...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickJan 23, 20191 minWhat is mindful coaching?Mindfulness mediation has been shown to produce important positive changes in both brain and body function (Davidson and Lutz, 2008, Tang...
Helen Burt Iain McCormickDec 19, 20181 minWhat is results-focused coaching?Results-focused executive coaching places a clear emphasis on identifying and reaching specific targets. The executive, the coach, and th...
