Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

"Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary" The Rainy Day, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Photo by guy stevens on Unsplash "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone’ Only darkness every day ‘Ain't no sunshine when she's gone" Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone by Bill Withers ( click here for the song) Once again it’s very cold, dark,

“Cause I'm way down in it and I can't breathe so I can't speak I want to be strong and steady, always ready Now I feel so small, I feel so weak Anxiety How do you always get the best of me?" Anxiety Song by Jason Isbell ( click here for the song) It should not take the actions of high profile individuals to remind people to be aware of the need to look after their own mental health and that of their friends and colleagues. Yet the headlines this week of Osaka’s departure fr

"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

“Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive” Staying Alive by the Bee Gees’ (click here for the song) Photo by Jony Ariadi on Unsplash This week while providing feedback to a client on the Global Leadership Wellbeing Scale I was reminded of the construct of vitality and energy. That one of the core resources all leaders need is to look after their bodies so