Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

"It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take" Ironic by Alanis Morissette ( click here for the song) Photo by Jonathan Cooper on Unsplash Earlier this week a client began a session a bit exasperated he said to me “My colleague keeps telling me how to do my job, I know she is well meaning but ‘she drives me crazy’… I am really worried I will explode feel and blurt out ‘Just Don’t tell me what to say and don’t tell me what to do’” . ( I don’t think she intentionally quot

“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

“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