Tag: coaching

Coaching and Mentoring: What’s the Relationship?

In past posts I’ve looked at the difference between coaching and mentoring, why you might need a mentor and how to find a good mentor. In this post I’d like to look at the relationship between coaching and mentoring. I believe that while coaching can stand alone, mentoring requires some initial coaching with the mentee to […]

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Do you ever have feelings of not being good enough?

It’s a cold rainy day here in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia. The wood burning stove is on and I’m watching an Aussie rules game of football on the television. How good then to get a call from a client, George, with whom I haven’t spoken to in over twelve months. George runs a very successful […]

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Who is the real you?

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I remember participating in a culture session when I was part of Shirlaws, the global coaching company. The facilitator issued us with lots of paper and ask us to create a number of face masks. Each mask was to represent the different personas that we presented to the world. Everyone there seemed to have no […]

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Born to Mentor or Learn to Mentor

Let me say right up front that I don’t think every person can be a good mentor. Yes you might be successful, have had a wonderful career and a long-term happy marriage. But does that mean you are capable of being an effective mentor. Not necessarily! In my experience many successful people lack self awareness. […]

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What is the difference between a vision and a goal?

This is a great question and one that I find myself regularly discussing with my clients. First thing to say is that both concepts, at least as I define them, are essential tools in the creation of a valuable and happy life. Let’s start with vision. The best definition I’ve come across is that a […]

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Lessons from the 2015 Australian Intergenerational Report: The Challenge of Change

Lessons from the 2015 Australian Intergenerational Report: The Challenge of Change

Every five years the Australian Government commissions a report that attempts to provide us with an insight into some of the challenges that we, here in Australia, will face over the next 40 years and the decisions we need to make now. A mammoth task, made more difficult this time round by the political discussion […]

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Where to find a good Life Mentor

I seem to hear the word mentor everywhere these days. There are numerous schemes operating within companies, many educational establishments have mentoring programs and entrepreneurs often speak about those that have mentored them along the way. But are these examples of Life Mentoring? Probably not. Yes, mentors will often stray from their core topic of […]

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What to look for in a Life Mentor

Choosing a Life Mentor could be one of the most important decisions that you will ever make. Get it right and you could uncover a fabulous treasure trove of knowledge and support for your journey through life. Get it wrong and you could waste a lot of time, money and worst of all, emotional energy. […]

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What does a Life Mentor actually do?

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I have often told my clients in the past that “I am not a life coach.” This was said with a fair degree of what my mother would have called “snootiness” (Dictionary Definition = Arrogance)) Surely, heavy weight business coaches like me don’t do that personal “touchy feely” stuff! However, there have been many occasions […]

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