When things get tough, our natural tendency is to do more of the things were successful before. It worked before, you just need to do more of it, but quicker, faster. Our thinking and patterns of behaviour struggle to meet challenges of a world that is changing so rapidly. Our ability to keep pace is compromised, we end up stuck in a rut, feeling resigned to how this is meant to be
It doesn’t have to be like that, it only depends on what you think is possible. Until Roger Bannister ran the 4 minute mile, everyone thought it was impossible. Once he broke that barrier, more and more athletes began to do the same. The only thing that had changed was a shift in their thinking.
I discovered this for myself and through self-development and working with others I encoded my coaching philosophy into living life in 3D: Dream Dare Do. My goal is to support you on your personal journey and help bring the impossible to life.
If you want an organisation level or leadership intervention, I have built an complete system to help organisations identify and address the gaps or bottlenecks limiting high- performance.
From a young age I played squash. It helped that I lived in a squash club and had a three times world champion as a coach. That grounding enabled me to make a living from the game, playing and coaching abroad. I came back to the UK with the offer of managing a new squash club, but no-one asked if being a decent player made for a good manager. Clearly not in my case and I soon found myself out of work. It was a lesson that really helped me understand the nature of careers later on.
Over the next fifteen years I made my way in the retail industry, starting out as a sales assistant and, with a sabbatical to gain my professional qualifications in human resources, I was invited to become executive head of HR for a large private retailer undergoing a major restructure.
The pressures of turning round the business took its toll on both me and my family and so I left to start out on my own. Over the next 20 or so years I built a successful learning and development business developing leaders from supervisors to senior executives.
In 2018 following some long and traumatic family illnesses, me and my wife decided to make some radical changes. I ended my business interests, we rented out the family home and went backpacking around SE Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The experience was life changing and life affirming. I have integrated my business and personal experience to help others with their own lives and careers.
Over the years I have developed a deep understanding of a number of developmental models. Combining elements from these models has helped me create an elegant and holistic approach to supporting others.
Integrating these models with neuro linguistic programming (nlp) and solutions focused coaching creates a space where people can achieve more than they thought possible.
These same underpinning theories have also formed the basis of the SynchShirt Alignment Spiral. Read more about SyncShift here
