We are the world

Coaching on UNICEF’s global leadership programme requires curiosity, and the ability to embrace diversity and adopt multiple perspectives. Rachel Ellison reports A Kenyan accountant posted to Kabul. A Bangladeshi, married to a Mexican, working in New York. A South...

Raising the bar

The legal profession is undergoing far-reaching and intense change and challenge. Hard-pressed law firms are turning to coaching, reports lawyer and coach Penny Owston Lawyers have a certain reputation, there is no escaping that. The top reasons for dating a lawyer...

Further guidance

Further guidance In the last issue, Erik de Haan and Michael Carroll argued that no amount of preparation can ready coaches for some tricky situations – there really are often no hard and fast answers. However, by considering real-life ethical dilemmas in the abstract...

Reviews

Book   Title Leadership Embodiment: How the Way We Sit and Stand Can Change the Way We Think and Speak Authors Wendy Palmer and Janet Crawford Publisher CreateSpace ISBN 978 14929 4669 4 Usefulness *****   In Palmer’s latest book on becoming a more skilful...