In this stressful time of COVID-19, sometimes you need someone who knows how to listen; someone to help you draw on your own strengths to find the steps and strategies that will take you forward. In a nutshell, that’s what coaching is all about. The professional coaches at The Coaching Lens are offering free distance-coaching sessions by phone or Face Time to those experiencing anxiety, stress,…
We’ve all faced a time when everything seemed to be going deeply wrong. Whether it’s at work, in our community, in our family or on a personal level, sometimes it’s difficult to keep any faith in where we’re going and how to get there. The professional coaches at The Coaching Lens have all survived some of those frightening and trying times and they too struggled to…
Is social media the cause of the staggering rise of narcissism in our world or does it simply show us more of it? Either way, we don’t have to emulate the narcissists around us. We have the right to choose humility and in doing so, demonstrate the most effective kind of leadership in our workplace, in our community and in our home-life. The gift of humility…
January often finds us taking a moment to reflect on the events of the past year and then shifting to focus on a shiny new year ahead. While doing just that, the professional coaches at The Coaching Lens came up with some personal thoughts that they hope will resonate with you and help to nurture a positive and motivated outlook for 2020. For the past five…
In Part One, Ida (a coach at The Coaching Lens) tells the story of an old Irish Fisherman’s sweater – one of those heavy, cream coloured, cable wool sweaters that she knitted painstakingly by hand using the traditional Aran Diamond and Honeycomb stitches. Here in Part Two, she shares what she learned about Leadership from that same Fisherman’s Knit Sweater. While that beautiful Fisherman’s Knit Sweater…
Ida, a coach with The Coaching Lens, tells this Aha! Leadership Moment story in two parts. It’s about an old Irish Fisherman’s sweater – one of those heavy, cream coloured, cable wool sweaters knitted painstakingly by hand using the traditional Aran Diamond and Honeycomb stitches. A few weeks ago, we were sorting through boxes of accumulated stuff, when I came across a fisherman’s sweater that I…