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

"Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes Watching the ships roll in Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay Wastin' time" (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (Click here for the song) Many readers, colleagues and clients have told me they are are feeling rather exhausted and others are going on leave this Friday. Therefore, I hav

“It might be a kind of relief to be finished. It’s sort of like you don’t know what kind of yard dash you’re running, but then you’re at the finish line and you sort of sigh – you’ve made it! But you never have – you have to start all over again.” Marilyn Monroe Personal photo as I strolled from Bondi to Bronte ‘I just need time to breathe’ said a client to me yesterday after he had spent 20 minutes describing all the things he wanted to complete before Christmas. There is a

The more aware a person is of how they are feeling, and want to feel, the better they are at choosing a musical style to shift their mood.