by michelleloch | May 13, 2020 | Articles, Leadership
Are you a team player? Everyone answers this question in the affirmative. ‘Of course I am!’, they say, until things don’t go their way. I can tell the team players by the way they drive on the roads. Team players pull back and let you in, rather than...
by michelleloch | May 6, 2020 | Articles, Conversations, Leadership, Team
A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. Mahatma Gandhi I wonder if we overcomplicate culture change… Organisational culture can be immediately obvious to newcomers in an organisation (overt), or something that sits relatively...
by michelleloch | Jan 31, 2020 | Articles
WE ARE CONDITIONED TO PERFORM AS INDIVIDUALS Most of our lives we are conditioned to view success from an individual perspective. Our school exams, athletics, swimming, tennis…’did I win or lose’? Even lunchtime play often involved games where winning was...
by michelleloch | Oct 3, 2019 | Articles
Our everyday world is full of battles. Whether it’s the battle for the Iron Throne in ‘Game of Thrones’, or the battle to become Managing Partner in ‘Suits’, the entertainment we love pitches major characters against each other in a...
by michelleloch | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles
I’ve been worried about the world lately, in so many ways. I’ve pretty much stopped watching the news – too depressing. I’m concerned about the political debacles and resource wastage (time, energy and money) and the example it sets for our...
by michelleloch | Jan 23, 2018 | Articles, Conversations, Leadership, Team, Uncategorized
Recently I worked with a wonderful group of leaders who I was training to become in-house workplace coaches (a voluntary focus alongside their normal leadership and work duties – very cool). As the skills of this group have been increasing, so has the depth and...