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Is the question my manager asked me at the end of our regular 1-1. I like those 1-1's. Most weeks I turn up with a list of things I've...
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My Blog
Once or twice a week I publish an idea, question, insight or reflection. Topics can be inspired by world events, coaching conversations, random thoughts after a workshop, anything!
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 241 min read
Top industry hack!
At an industry event a C suite executive at a top rated restaurant chain related a recent "discovery" On nights where one staff member...
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 222 min read
One Simple Trick to Building Instant Connection (Hint: It's Their Name)
I walked into the restaurant on a drizzly afternoon and explained that we couldn’t book a table online. I asked if they could reserve a...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 191 min read
Penguin Stories
Penguin stories are the tales of how you did something that did or didn't turn out the way you expected and that the lesson - for good or...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 51 min read
Three Gifts: Head, Hands and Heart
A client recently shared with me something one of his colleague shared with him. Working in community development his colleague was...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 41 min read
The best things I learned in training: Leaders speak last
I was running a Train the Trainer in Japan for a group of colleagues (it was on applying Self Determination Theory to leadership...
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Andrew J Calvert
Aug 292 min read
How easy are you to work with? Ten questions to ask yourself
Being a good colleague means different things to different people and one area I see consensus is that a good colleague is easy to work...
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Andrew J Calvert
Aug 151 min read
We don't want to reinvent the wheel...
You hear it all the time and that statement is dead wrong We don't need to reinvent the wheel said the Celts We don't need to reinvent...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 161 min read
Saying one thing (and doing another)
How often do you say one thing and do another? To yourself? To colleagues? To your team? Family members? Friends? What is the impact?...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 111 min read
We are a family...
Be careful of the metaphors you use, because their meaning differs from person to person. Growing up, my family was a standard nuclear...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 301 min read
Conversation. Two's company five's a crowd?
I recently read Robin Dunbar's book Friends and in among the many pearls of data backed insight on conversation, connection and...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 21 min read
Quick to learn?
In the always-on hustle culture of hurrying-for-results world, we too often see the end result and not the effort that the result has...
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Andrew J Calvert
Apr 161 min read
How to Effectively Lead Your Remote Team: Tips for Maintaining Contact
How remote are your remote team? How often do they see their teammates face to face? How often do they interact virtually? And if the...
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Andrew J Calvert
Mar 191 min read
Taming the Advice Monster / Coaching in the flow of work
When leaders learn how to coach in the flow of work they often struggle with giving answers to direct questions from their teams. Here is...
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Andrew J Calvert
Dec 14, 20232 min read
Hybrid work and collaboration
In my coaching sessions of late, I think in relation to the return to office based work and the mandates to get back in the office 3 or 4...
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Andrew J Calvert
Nov 23, 20231 min read
No waiting
Where are you waiting for someone else to make the first move? What makes you wait for the right time, situation? What is making you...
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Andrew J Calvert
Nov 9, 20231 min read
The Thank You note
How often do you write them? Do you go digital or old school hard copy? Long form or short? What ever you do, let the person you are...
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Andrew J Calvert
Oct 24, 20232 min read
Energy Vampires
What is an Energy Vampire? Energy vampires are those people you meet that drain you - emotionally, physically, mentally. They might be...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 28, 20232 min read
The power of a who to call list
A best practice in any new role is to build a "who to call list". Whether you are new to to the organization or you are in a new role,...
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Andrew J Calvert
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Your Mindset matters
If you think the task is impossible - how will your team think about it? If you behave like the project is impossible - how will your...
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