Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

"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

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“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

‘Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now I feel good, I knew that I would, now So good, so good, I got you Whoa! I feel nice, like sugar and spice I feel nice, like sugar and spice So nice, so nice, I got you’ I Got You by James Brown (click here for the song) Personal Photo I had two events this morning that reminded me of the importance of gratitude, and humility in leadership. Firstly, when I arrived at the beach this morning it looked like the sun was rising over the