Balkin Coaching Leadership Insights

The invitations have gone out for my March networking and focus breakfast, so, I thought it would be opportune to talk about business pitches and networking. The rapid pace and volume of communication, coupled with the constant creation of new and different types of careers, makes it essential to be able to quickly and succinctly describe what we do in terms that others easily understand. While I enjoy the simplicity of telling people that I am an Executive Coach, I am acute

The Australian Summer holidays are basically over, we have had Australia Day, the tennis finals, school is back and we are all more or less settling into our routine. Take a moment and answer these two questions before you dive back into work: 1. What are you hoping to achieve in 2018? 2. How will you make sure you remain energised? As always please share your answers with me, and be in touch to discuss how executive coaching can help you in 2018. Finally a big thank

For those of you who want to start the year with some 'light' reading or listening, here are my favourite podcasts and books. Podcasts: HBR IdeaCast I have been listening to HBR IdeaCast on and off for about 4 years. It is weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management from Harvard Business Review. Sarah Green is a marvellous interviewer. http://feeds.harvardbusiness.org/harvardbusiness/ideacast Work and Life with Stew Friedman Stew Friedman fo

As I crossed George Street in the Sydney CBD yesterday and looked left, I realised that the light rail is actually progressing, instead of the typical vision of workers in bright yellow vests and dirty, there were shoppers, Christmas decorations and neat rail tracks. The light rail project is by no means completed, as many of you would know the view to my right was not identical to the picture above. However, this image enables me to picture what the remainder fo the project

I am working with a passionate and driven CEO of a new business who is gearing up for a capital raising for in the new year. She has a strong values base to her company and is deeply devoted to her ‘calling’. She works long hours her staff fears she may burn out. However her health and well-being has never been better, her company is making a profit and growing as she projected. My role as her executive coach is certainly not to determine her financial targets or disrupt he

Recently, I was privileged to attend a professional development day with a group of mediators who were, on the most part, much older and more experienced than me. The work they do everyday is extremely complex, and their success or otherwise has far reaching implications for multinational and national organisations, governments and society as a whole. Despite their capability, their humility was astounding, and they all still grappled with moments of feeling incompetent. It