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Feb 9

Where are you most productive?

It seems like a simple question, where are you most productive? Lots of people will say “in the office” where they have the equipment they need and no children or pets to be distracting. …

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Feb 8

Keeping in touch while remote

Now that the taught part of my coaching course has finished, and we are no longer hanging out every weekend, we have decided that we want to stay in touch. The group is in the UK, Sweden, Switzerland and Dubai. …

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Feb 7

Who is at risk of missing out on important conversations in a remote organisation?

Great question here: Everyone, although I know I have also missed out on important conversations way before WFH. What are the conversations? What are the most effective communication channels? Can you share certain messages in multiple ways? If they are cascaded comms then make sure that there is a culture…

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Feb 7

How do you stop feeling like every interaction needs to be a formal meeting, and make time for ‘social’ calls too when remote?

Some ideas Encourage people to set things up, book clubs, gaming evenings, everyone watch the same film on TV and post about it live. Randomised coffee trials, random person picked for virtual coffee with a chat just to get to know people better (opt in) Lean Coffee. Each person posts…

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Feb 7

How can you best support people new to the workplace when they are remote?

When the first lockdown was announced in the UK, it was expected to be for 12 weeks and we would “send Coronavirus packing”. 1051 days later, things have not quite turned out like that and as a result all of our lives have changed. Many workplaces have people working remotely. …

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Feb 7

What is coaching?

I was asked to describe coaching and talk about how it differs from mentoring. Coaching is a process in which a coach works with an individual or a team to help them achieve their goals and improve specific skills or performance. It involves assessment, setting of objectives, creating a plan…

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Feb 6

Pause

When do you let yourself just pause? We often just keep going and going like the Duracell bunny until we become ill or burned out. It is easy to go from work, to home doing DIY and chores all weekend and then back to work. I have been speaking to…

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Feb 5

Day 30: Endings and Beginnings

Yesterday was the last day of my Barefoot Coaching course, or at least the class based part. I have some volunteer coaching sessions to conclude and submit my evidence. This class has been an absolute joy and the group has been fantastic to work alongside. On our last day we…

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Feb 4

Day 29: What is next for me?

The last big piece of work I did was for a large University who wanted some training. That was paused over Christmas, has not yet restarted and it may not. …

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Feb 3

Day 28: A day of many online tools

Today I have spent a lot of time wrangling online tools. I have: Set up a Wonder space for my Barefoot Coaching cohort colleagues Searched for information about the Wonder spaces I have using Roam and Gmail Set up a Calendly booking for the events Communicated with the same group…

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