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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
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Too much Recognition?
Over the past 20+ years I have facilitated hundreds of leadership workshops on dozens of topics - change, coaching, delegation,...
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Andrew J Calvert
Aug 23, 20221 min read
How are you showing up?
Do you show up, every day? Every time your skills are needed? Each chance you have to contribute to the success of others? And when you...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Hold the silence
Doing nothing is my favorite coaching technique. I simply sit, without thinking about what question I will ask next I do this after I...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 21, 20222 min read
One on One
As a leader I have regular 1-1's with my team Purpose What is your purpose for the 1-1? What do you want to accomplish? How will you know...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Decoding the great resignation
We live in an age of mass customization: FB, LI, Amazon, Netflix and their algorithms lead us to expect a bespoke experience tailored to...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Building a relationship with a new colleague
Up down and across... You have a new manager, a new junior colleague a new peer. What do you do? If you hear about them ahead of time...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 16, 20221 min read
The space between us
I recently read of a study that suggested if you move two people’s desks a mere 15 feet further apart, they tend to interact as much as...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 9, 20221 min read
On Leadership and Being
There is a change in what leadership development is addressing In the past leadership used to be about how to how to give feedback how to...
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Andrew J Calvert
Jun 2, 20221 min read
When you argue
As the new general manager in an office of 70+ staff I had this sign on my wall as a reminder to myself and my team. In previous roles I...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 31, 20221 min read
Kammavaca: Precepts for a new beginning
One of the most sacred Burmese religious texts, the 'Kammavaca' contains the rules for monastic life, conduct and ceremonies. This is a...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 26, 20221 min read
Pulse surveys
I've taken employee surveys almost my entire corporate career. Initially they were annual and in response to an event as opposed to an...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 24, 20221 min read
Building Mental Agility (part one of an occasional series)
Our brains process huge amounts of information daily. We create shortcuts to save energy, those shortcuts give us blind spots What is...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 19, 20221 min read
The impact of "just" asking questions
I have had the pleasure of running two cohorts of coaching capability building for a global client. Fourteen and a half hours of...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 18, 20221 min read
Explore Possibilities
I recently ran a coaching workshop for a client on the topic above. Building coaching capability requires development of skills in asking...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 17, 20221 min read
Leader as Coach
You've attended a course on how to be a coach. You have learned the difference between coaching, mentoring and directing; discussed and...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 12, 20221 min read
Is it a one-way or a two-way door?
After the two pizza rule, here’s another Amazon guideline around decision making. When faced with a decision to make, the group will...
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Andrew J Calvert
May 3, 20222 min read
Burn out
I have coached over 150 executives and leaders in the past eighteen months and several themes have emerged. Some are perennial like...
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Andrew J Calvert
Apr 28, 20221 min read
The To DON'T list
I've written about To do lists and To be lists and recently about Kill Meetings but here's one I recently read about... the To Don't...
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Andrew J Calvert
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Managing your emotions
Holding it together can be tough. In an "always on" world with a blurring of lines between work and home life and ever increasing...
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