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Andrew J Calvert

Business Coach. Trainer. Consultant

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!

The blog also features guest writers too - colleagues, connections and friends who have a point of view to share.

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Making Action Learning Work

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 19, 20213 min read

Making Action Learning Work

Another wonderful post from Nithya - who includes previously unpublished notes from the founder of Action Learning! If one looks up the...

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Coaching is a Spiral Staircase

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 17, 20211 min read

Coaching is a Spiral Staircase

Matt Somers is a longtime friend and colleague. His career spans continents and decades. With a background in Change Leadership and...

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Why is Friday 13th unlucky?

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 13, 20211 min read

Why is Friday 13th unlucky?

There are many ideas about why this is so, here's what I found when I did a little digging. Friday it is said is when Eve gave Adam the...

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"We don’t know what we don’t know"

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 12, 20211 min read

"We don’t know what we don’t know"

My second guest blogger is Andrew Parker, an Australian born, internationally experienced and now Singapore based leadership, executive...

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Leading a Debrief

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 10, 20212 min read

Leading a Debrief

So the coaching conversion is over, the first workshop completed, the game ended and now it is time for the debrief. How do you lead a...

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Self care lessons from the shower

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 5, 20212 min read

Self care lessons from the shower

After my recent post on the Shower Meditation, I asked several friends, colleagues and connections what practices they used. Here are a...

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Getting from here to there

Andrew J Calvert

Aug 3, 20211 min read

Getting from here to there

Change is hard, especially changing your own behaviour. Many clients share with me the sense of not knowing where to start, of being...

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A new world of work and LinkedIn

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 29, 20211 min read

A new world of work and LinkedIn

The pandemic has given us so much change and not just the blurring of how, where and when we work. It has redefined business attire...

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The door opens inward

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 27, 20211 min read

The door opens inward

In a previous blog post I wrote about coaching being a mirror, a window and, a door. As I read through the feedback and comments on that...

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Self care, inside and out

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 22, 20211 min read

Self care, inside and out

This is a lovely little visualization. Portable (do it at home, on a business trip or on holiday) and multi purpose (it's good for...

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How do you celebrate...

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 20, 20211 min read

How do you celebrate...

At work? At home? With friends? With family? With colleagues? With customers? How often do you celebrate? What do you celebrate?

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Cappuccino listening

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 15, 20211 min read

Cappuccino listening

Recently on a call with colleagues discussing "What is coaching?" we talked about the power of listening especially listening at multiple...

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Silence is golden (but duct tape is silver)

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 13, 20211 min read

Silence is golden (but duct tape is silver)

Years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Miller (the Miller in Miller Heiman) at a fireside chat. He spoke about a variety of topics,...

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Simplicity

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 12, 20211 min read

Simplicity

National Simplicity Day was founded in honor of Henry David Thoreau, an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher who was...

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Carrying tension

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 6, 20211 min read

Carrying tension

Recently I was on a call with a colleague who breathlessly asked if she could share "a really cool thing" and being curious I said “yes”....

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The shadows you cast

Andrew J Calvert

Jul 1, 20211 min read

The shadows you cast

As a leader... When you speak When you hold your silence When you listen attentively When you ignore what is being said When you listen to...

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The optimization of (just about) everything

Andrew J Calvert

Jun 29, 20212 min read

The optimization of (just about) everything

It's everywhere. "How to Network like a pro", "Grow your followers by 15,000 overnight", "Hack your creativity", "Optimize your diet",...

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What’s in your Backpack?

Andrew J Calvert

Jun 24, 20212 min read

What’s in your Backpack?

My first guest blogger is Nithya Ramaswamy. She is a friend and former colleague who has worked in the organizational development space...

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Know Thyself

Andrew J Calvert

Jun 23, 20211 min read

Know Thyself

I recently invited a group of friends, colleagues and connections to be a guest blogger here. Some said yes, others are yet to reply and...

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Mind your head

Andrew J Calvert

Jun 22, 20211 min read

Mind your head

Critical self talk has gone so mainstream, it has a "role" in the new Apple TV show "Physical". The protagonist interacts with husband,...

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