If I Have to Tell You What to Do, You're the Wrong Man for the Job
When a CEO told me, 'If I have to tell you what to do, you're the wrong man for the job,' it sounded confronting. What followed taught me a lasting lesson about trust, challenge, curiosity and what makes a good coach.
Ready, Willing and Able
Needing coaching and being ready for coaching aren't always the same thing. Ready, Willing and Able explores the openness, willingness and capacity that help make a coaching conversation genuinely valuable.
Which Hat Am I Wearing?
Do you need someone to share the road they've travelled, solve a specialist problem, or help you discover your own answer? Which Hat Am I Wearing? explores the difference between coaching, mentoring and consulting — and why knowing which role to play matters.
The 10-Cent Problem
A broken 10-cent connector led to significant savings — but the real return was a way of thinking that lasted for years. The 10-Cent Problem explores why the value of coaching isn't the conversation itself, but what becomes possible because of it.
Even Federer Had a Coach
The world's greatest athletes still have coaches. Even Federer Had a Coach explores why leadership coaching isn't a repair service — and why some of the best time to work with a coach is when things are already going well.
Someone Outside the Rocket
Even experienced leaders have blind spots. Someone Outside the Rocket is a story about one question from a coach that exposed a mission-critical assumption and changed the trajectory of a major project.
It's Only a Scratch
What we believe happened can shape what we do next. It's Only a Scratch uses a memorable Seinfeld moment to explore what actually happens in coaching and how questioning our perceptions can change our actions.
Coaching at the Table Tennis Table
Some of my best coaching conversations happened over a table tennis table. This story is about trust, connection and why meeting people where they are can matter more than finding the perfect coaching question.
The Coach in the Mirror
Who coaches the coach? Leadership growth requires the willingness to turn the questions back on ourselves. A reflection on self-awareness, coachability and why experienced leaders still need honest challenge.
Who Told You That?
Sometimes the biggest barrier to growth is not capability, but the story we have learned to believe about ourselves. A coaching conversation about identity, confidence, potential and challenging limiting beliefs.
Stop Trying to Have All the Answers
Leadership is not about being the person with every answer. It is about creating enough trust and space for others to think, grow in confidence and learn to solve problems for themselves.