Archive of: Misc

• Those perfect teams

  01 February 2017

  Today I met with an old friend of mine, who is puzzling over the formation of a team and why he wasn’t quite getting the results that he was looking for; he and his organisation have employed several models and techniques around change and team building as well as role identification etc. One model that had been used to underpin some of the team formation was Bruce Tuckman’s 1965 model Forming, Norming, Storming & Performing for team development.

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• Businesses don't.......

  19 January 2017

  I was out and about in London today and I saw a brilliant sign in a Costa coffee shop, 'businesses don't make coffee, people do'. That message while simple is so effective, not only the product that you see in the shop, but those that grow it thousands of miles away and all those in between that ship it and roast it, the list would go on. The wall in the shop demonstrated how Costa sees its people, pictures of the 'Barista of the year', the farmers and children in a nursery who benefit from the Costa foundation.

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• A valuable lesson

  07 January 2017

  Now this is not very festive in any sense (it’s about the dentist in part!), however I will press on anyway because I thought this was such a valuable lesson.

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• Resolutions a distant memory?

  04 January 2017

  So, another year commences, the days have swung around to January 1st and New Year's Day and now we begin to accelerate into the New Year. If you're lying in the ruins of your resolutions, fear not, all is not lost!

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• The nights are drawing out

  02 January 2015

  And we move towards the start of the next year, I am looking towards Spring and how that will bring so much more new growth and longer days. The winter will be long behind us and we will be benefitting from the blossom and some warmer weather. I'm also looking at how I can improve myself over the next twelve months and thinking about how I can best impact my year to bring the maximum prosperity and benefit to my friends and clients alike. The start of the new year brings much positivity for most but not for all. For some it's simply another year to worry about, getting more clients, improving profitability and making sure we can get by.

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• The post change season

  28 December 2014

  Christmas has gone for another year (only 350ish shopping days to go!), the New Year has been and gone and we have all but discarded our resolutions (well some may have). The festive season as my previous blog goes into is a time of high octane, high emotion and for most a happy time with family. Once that feeling wanes, the nights still feel far too long, the weather is chilly and it's back to the grindstone for some more good old hard work. Often this return to work in the new year brings with it a feeling of lethargy and difficulty in getting going

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• The vagaries of people under pressure!

  06 December 2014

  I was returning from a trip to Barcelona recently and all was going very well, check in was good, arrival at the gate fine, boarding was very quick and we pushed back from the stand early! Flight time was only 1:40 to London Heathrow which was looking like a real result read more.....

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• Welcome to Rubicon Coaching

  04 December 2014

  A warm welcome to Rubicon Coaching where I hope you will find some interesting material and who knows perhaps some answers to questions. This site is the result of my rebranding activity from Aratinga Consulting, which has been remarkable and fascinating.

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