Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

“Slip inside the eye of your mind Don't you know you might find A better place to play" Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis ( click here for the song) Personal photo taken by my daughter. A few days ago a client seemed preoccupied at the beginning of the coaching session, after a bit of probing he explained his conundrum. ‘My best direct report put in her resignation this week and I’m devastated. I offered her a pay rise, all sorts of perks but I can’t seem to convince her to

"I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay Ain't it sad? And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me That's too bad In my dreams I have a plan" Money Money Money by ABBA ( click here for the song) Photo by Micheile Henderson on Unsplash This morning I was discussing with a client her frustration over her team’s lack of compliance with simple administrative aspects of their jobs, like leave forms, pretty cash etc. When I probed to ask wh

“We're not gonna take it Oh no, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it anymore" We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister ( click here for the song) Photo by Dmitry Vechorko on Unsplash “It wasn’t the sentiment, I can handle the truth, it was the tone and the language. I never expected someone in the senior executive of a listed company to swear and be so unkind.” Client. When I hear examples of rudeness in large national organisations, I always feel a sense of disa

“She drives me crazy Like no one else She drives me crazy And I can't help myself” She Drives Me Crazy, by The Fine Young Cannibals ( click here for the song) Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Last week a client said to me “ My head of marketing is doing my head in. She just seems to be going through the motions at work. How can I get her to put in some real effort? ” So bearing this in mind, as the coaching session continued my client generated the following hypotheses to