With over forty years of leadership, coaching both leaders and coaches under his belt, John Smallwood, Master Coach and Coach Principal of the Engenesis Coach Academy, addresses the dilemma many leaders and managers face when it comes to being effective in giving and receiving feedback.

Criticism or critique? The great feedback dilemma

Many think partnership is all about the label or legal contract that binds people together. However, partnership as a way of Being is far more than that. In a professional and personal context, partnership starts with a choice that you make. And it can lead to extraordinary outcomes far beyond anything a person can typically accomplish on their own. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood shares a tangible example of partnership in action and reve...

Partnership: when one plus one equals more than two

As coaches, we want to contribute and support others to grow and be effective so they can perform at their best and improve their health, wealth, leadership or whatever goals they desire. Whether you are new to coaching or you’re an established and experienced coach, the most common question coaches ask is, “How do I grow my coaching business and get coaching clients?”. In this article, Leadership, Effectiveness and Results Coach and Being Profile Accredited Practitioner and Trainer Markus...

How to get coaching clients and grow your coaching business

Have you ever hired a new staff member based on their brilliant CV and interview presentation skills only to discover that they were not who they appeared to be at face value? Do you have a team member who seems to tick all the boxes, but you just get a sense that something isn’t right? Perhaps they say and do the right things, but there are gaps in their output, and team morale has suffered since they came on board. In this article, business consultant Anthea Stevanovic explains why a wrong h...

Beware of this person in your business! Do you have this person in your team?

People-pleasing will keep you busy and make you feel important, but it will get in your way of becoming an effective leader. In this article, transformational leadership coach Jeanette Mundy addresses two key qualities that potential leaders need to develop to go beyond people-pleasing and step into being the leader they can be: authenticity and assertiveness.

Escaping people-pleasing: Transforming into an assertive and effective leader

Do you have trouble finding the most effective staff to meet your business’s needs? Have you taken responsibility for how your business presents itself to potential skilled applicants? In this article, business consultant Anthea Stevanovic shares nine observations that are key to building a business for which people want to work and will support you in attracting a high-performing team.

Stuck finding staff? Create a business people want to work for.

Humans are social beings by nature. So it is only natural the people we hang with will have a significant impact on our lives, personally and professionally. This article, written by John Williams, an experienced ontological leadership coach, explores the anecdotal and scientific evidence around partnership and examines how to find and keep great people in your life.

Who do you surround yourself with? Why no man is an island.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that mental health conditions are increasing worldwide. And yet the global median of government health expenditure that goes to mental health is less than 2%. Given the limited support and the fact that mental health conditions can significantly impact all aspects of life, the saying ‘prevention is better than the cure’ has never rung truer. In this article, Wayne Stickel, a wellbeing and effectiveness coach, shares why it is just as critical to de...

New ideas in maintaining our mental health and well-being

As a sales leader, be it an individual sales director, account manager, business development professional or sales manager, you are constantly interacting with and leading people, whether they are reporting to you or indirectly supporting you to win your next deal for the company. Empowering clients and supporting them with solutions to their problems always comes back to interpersonal relationships. And we all know what every relationship needs: trust. The question is, how can you build trust r...

Building trust in the sales relationship

Stepping into an account management or sales leadership role can be challenging, especially if your sales deals can take 12–24 months or longer to secure. Complexities show up throughout the purchasing cycle, from qualifying a new opportunity, engaging clients with presentations and sharing your solution’s capabilities to producing, presenting and negotiating a project contract to implement the solution. As a sales leader, how can you remain effective throughout such a lengthy process, espec...

4 factors that contributed to winning large & complex sales deals

Qualities like compassion for others and self-compassion are often downplayed by leaders who regard them as soft skills that have no place in a professional setting. In this article, Jeanette Mundy, an ontological and transformational leadership coach, explains why compassion and self-compassion are, in fact, critical qualities in leadership and shares eight ways to practise and foster an environment of compassion, including self-compassion, in the workplace.

Discover the power of cultivating of compassion in leadership and teams

On the Collapse of Truth-Telling into Acting, and the Return to Authentic Participation in Reality

The Lie in Being Honest — The Arrogance of Being “Real” explores how modern culture has mistaken authenticity for unfiltered expression, emotional exhibitionism and impulsive truth-dumping. In this sharp, darkly humorous and philosophically grounded critique, Ashkan Tashvir dismantles the widespread illusion that saying whatever one feels—whenever one feels it—is a virtue.

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The Lie in Being Honest — The Arrogance of Being “Real”

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