Yearly Archives: 2016

public speaking quotes — Recently I have been putting together a presentation skills course; in doing so I have come across a wealth of quotations that really do tell you everything you need to know about public speaking. I thought it would be fun to bring my favourites together in one place to create […]

Improve Your Public Speaking – 6 Quotations from Masters of ...

26 Jul, 2016 in Coaching / Training tagged public speaking / Training by Melanie Richens

Goal Setting — I work with individuals every day who want to…. Start something Stop something Want more of something Want less of something Want to develop new habits Want to give up old habits The possibilities and permutations are endless! What they all have in common is that they want to move […]

Goal Setting – A PROCESS

21 Jul, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / goal setting / success by Melanie Richens

Motivation and metaprogrammes - the EU referendum — With less than a week to go to the EU Referendum, a significant proportion of the electorate still profess to being “undecided”. That is to say – the logical, rational, thinking part of them has yet to make a decision. In fact, they may already have unconsciously decided. According to […]

Motivation and Negative Political Messages

14 Jun, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged metaprogrammes / motivation / NLP by Melanie Richens

Reality or illusions — In previous posts inspired by Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth, we have explored being Stuck in the Doldrums and taking a Fresh Perspective. As the journey through the Phantom Tollbooth continues, Milo is accompanied on his trip through the Forest of Sight by Alec Bings, the boy with the fate […]

Do you live in Reality or Illusions?

27 Apr, 2016 in Coaching tagged coaching by Melanie Richens

perspective - growing up with your feet on the ground — Continuing the journey through The Phantom Tollbooth begun in the previous post…When Milo comments on the beautiful view, a strange voice responds: “It’s all in the way you look at things…for instance…if you happened to like deserts, you might not think this was beautiful at all.” How true this is […]

Perspective – Growing Up With Your Feet on the Ground

26 Apr, 2016 in Coaching tagged coaching / perspective by Melanie Richens

stuck wasting time in the doldrums — Clients frequently describe their goals or problems in metaphorical terms. This week’s theme seems to be a lack of movement – feeling stuck or “in the doldrums” combined with a lack of motivation – just wasting time. It was the reference to the doldrums that inspired me to consult a […]

Stuck Wasting Time in the Doldrums?

25 Apr, 2016 in Coaching tagged Change / coaching / motivation by Melanie Richens

kitkat_2137105a — Read on to learn… 5 simple ways to promote your own mental health and wellbeing How we are hardwired to respond to high pressure situations Pressure causes stress Some pressure and stress is good Causes of stress The signs of too much What is Stress? You may believe that […]

Mental Health and Wellbeing – Managing Stress

7 Apr, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / mental health / stress / wellbeing by Melanie Richens

Interview Success — I have spoken many times to groups of students and coached many individuals about the ingredients for interview success. Competition for jobs or training contracts is more intense than ever which means that it has never been more important to have the winning “edge” that will enable you to succeed […]

3 Steps to Interview Success

26 Mar, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / Interviews / NLP / success by Melanie Richens

happy and successful — This thought-provoking, yet amusing TED Talk by Psyschologist Shawn Achor sets out to explain the “happiness advantage”. It seeks to turn the old notion that I’ll be happy when I’m successful well and truly on its head. In fact, we are much more likely to be successful when we are […]

You can be Happy AND Successful

1 Mar, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / happiness / success by Melanie Richens

coaching combined with training — A paper published in “Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice by Deborah Bright and Anita Crockett (Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012) demonstrates though a controlled study that coaching combined with training can make a significant difference in job performance and satisfaction. While companies realise the importance […]

Coaching Combined with Training – The Gold Standard

25 Feb, 2016 in Coaching / Training tagged coaching / Training by Melanie Richens