The Thinking Policeman: Profile of Andy Rhodes, Deputy Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary

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‘Your people are your best asset’ is a phrase often quoted by leaders. But it would be hard to find a leader who puts this belief into action more wholeheartedly than Andy Rhodes, Deputy Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary. Thoughtful, people-focused, entrepreneurial and irreverent, Rhodes is not your typical policeman. He has spent 25 years […]
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Coaching for Confidence

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“If anyone is going to stop you from getting what you want – please don’t let it be you.” Carol Kauffman Do any of your clients lack self-confidence? How about you? Deep down, are you always as self-assured as you could be? Confidence is a topic many coaches encounter in their work with surprising regularity, even […]
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Getting it right at Barnardo’s: profile of Tony Cohen

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Leading a national charity ‘is about doing the best you can with the resources you have. If you get it right, you can do even more.’ As Chair of Barnardo’s and a Trustee on the Boards of the Arvon Foundation and the RSA, Tony Cohen takes his responsibilities seriously. With its 150th anniversary approaching in […]
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Trading at the top: Richard Wilson, CEO of BMO GAM

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It has been quite a time for Richard Wilson, CEO of BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), after the Bank of Montreal successfully acquired F&C for £708m at the beginning of 2014. As those familiar with the financial world will know, a deal like this can represent the end-point of a long period of uncertainty and […]
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Coaching Days: Bootcamp for your coaching muscles

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Recently my Alliance colleague Linda and I did a Coaching Day with one of our regular clients. The day started with warm greetings – smiles, friendly hugs, familiar faces. As usual, it proved to be an intense, tiring, challenging and deeply satisfying day. The format of the day is that six people from the client […]
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Putting Her Best Foot Forward: Marty Wikstrom Leadership Profile

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Martha – widely known as Marty – Wikstrom has, in anyone’s books, achieved an enormous amount. She is a Founding Partner of Atelier Fund Management LLC and was CEO of Richemont Fashion & Accessories from 2009 until 2013. Starting out as a sales assistant at Nordstrom, she rose to the top to become President of […]
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Five reasons why photography is like coaching

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At first glance, photography and coaching may seem poles apart. But since talking to professional photographer John Cassidy, and experiencing a studio shoot with him, I’ve been reflecting on the parallels between the two. Here are five things that I think great photographers and coaches both do. Liz GoosterI like to describe myself as happily […]
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Lessons from elite rowers Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop

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‘I wasn’t very sporty at school.’ This immediately got me sitting up straighter in my chair. Not a surprising revelation, you might think. You might, except that the person I’m quoting is former Olympic rower Cath Bishop. She urges us not to be held back by our own or other people’s (pre)conceptions of us: we […]
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A Precious Experience

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Inspiring. Uplifting. Humbling. Just a few words that spring to mind as I think about the 2012 Precious Awards, held at London’s Waldorf Hotel on November 24. And as inspiring woman after woman (with one man sprinkled into the mix) took to the stage to claim their awards, most eyes in the room prickled with […]
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