What is Sleep Coaching?

Coaching is now embraced by most leaders as a strategy for raising performance, largely thanks to the likes of Sir John Whitmore who adapted sports coaching to business leadership.

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Questions You Should be Asking Your Team

As managers we have a huge influence over our team members’ wellbeing, mood and therefore performance. Whilst it is critical to set goals, coach, praise and correct where necessary, it is also vital to take an interest in the individual. Either during formal one on ones or whenever an opportunity for a private conversation occurs. Simply asking a question about how things are going (Present State), along with an enquiry into ambitions (Future Progress) demonstrates that you are on your team member’s side and want them to be the best they can be.
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Take a Walk into the Future

Walking and talking can be both good for the body and the mind, especially if you are considering a life change such as a change of job or even starting a business.  Unlike sitting face to face, walking creates a less intense environment and the constantly changing surroundings prompt wider thinking.
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Win at Sleep, Win at Work

This great new TV ad from IKEA encourages us to ‘Win at Sleep’. Whilst new furniture might help, we should note that the pocket sprung mattress came about at around the same time as the telephone, so why has one has evolved significantly more than the other?
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Inspiration from Failure

When reflecting recently on some of life’s failures it dawned on me that failure and success go hand in hand. Without risking failure we are very unlikely to experience success. Here are some thoughts that seem to underpin this, from some truly successful people.
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Essence of Leadership – 3 core ingredients

Wherever I go in the world I love to search out the local bread, from baguettes in France to bagels in New York, and bazlama in Turkey.
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Try the Bad Boss Test

No one wants to work for a bad boss, so try this test to measure your manager, or if you dare to quantify your own leadership qualities.

Score each of the following out of 5, from 1 low to 5 high.
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5 Unusual Employee Perks

It’s increasingly important to give staff more than just a pay cheque, not every business can afford health cover so here are some unique employee perks that needn’t break the bank.

1. Stand up desks
The revolution to get employees off their backsides and upright is well underway and those who have made a stand say there is no going back.
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10 Things to Give Up to Be a More Successful Leader

Things to Give Up to Be a More Successful Leader – See our Top 10.

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Leicester City’s Secret

Leicester City’s astounding win of the football Premiership could be down to the fact that the team was made up of underdogs, previously rejected by other teams. Or, it could be the fact that Leicester played for fun, not the vast sums of money that their competitors had available.
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