Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

Take an unscientific poll of your peers, friends and family and you will notice that some are thriving and some struggling

Photo by Susan Yin on Unsplash Please tell me in one sentence "What have you learnt and how has it helped you at work this week?" Thanks to the generosity of the Franklin Women COVID Carer’s Support Scholarship I currently have the pleasure of coaching some remarkable female scientists. These humble women spend their days immersed in learning and researching topics that will change our lives. They couldn’t encompass in a full page, let alone a sentence what they have learnt

Photo by Sid Verma on Unsplash The road of life is rocky And you may stumble too. So while you talk about me Someone else is judging you Judge Not by Bob Marley  (Click here for the  song).  This week I had the pleasure of a few face to face coffees with some HR managers and senior business leaders.  After discussing how they and their organisations have been impacted by COVID,  I was asked “ Is there one skill that would best equip leaders for the uncertainty and complexi

What are the benefits to our wellbeing of being in nature? How does nature help our wellbeing? What are some practical steps I can take?

"Culture is a form of protection that has evolved from situational pressures" Michael D. Watkins Photo by Wyron A on Unsplash In 2013 Michael Watkins conducted a survey on LinkedIn to obtain a definition of culture, whilst it is not the most scientific of approaches, there are interesting ideas that have emerged from his survey.  Regular readers will be aware that the culture of your organisation will impact many domains such as ethics, profit, employee engagement,  customer

Click on the picture for a fun way to reduce workplace loneliness. Click on the picture to watch my 54 second minute Vlog , for a fun way to reduce workplace loneliness. Read my past blog and look at the references for some practical shared activities that are a nice antidote to loneliness. Please drop me an email and share your ideas . References: more are available on request Eat Sleep Work Repeat: Reinventing work 1: why you need to understand the ‘self other overlap’