Distractions by Ali Davies

What is your view on the impact distractions are having on your business and family life?

Many people aren’t aware what distraction is really costing them. It’s destructiveness is often under the radar screen.

Sometimes it can be because people are using distractions as a way to avoid difficult stuff or challenges. Maybe for some it is an escape and a welcome relief from the boring and mundane. Often it is just habit.

Whatever the reason, it is important to be aware of the cost of distractions

What do you want Coaching to be?

What is coaching?

It's the proverbial question!

I was browsing the www.irishcoachingsolutions.ie LinkedIn site recently (join us at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2515281) as well as my other groups when I came across a post about Coaching in a marketing group I'm in. Ever the curious mouse I of course clicked to the post which brought me to an interesting post by Elaine Rogers who was discussing the myths of coaching:

http://bloggertone.com/management/2010/02/18/myths-about-coaching/

While Elaine certainly adds her own point of view, it's a type of post I've seen many places in the past and it inspired me to voice my opinion here.

Your Opportunity to Win Public Sector Business

A few months ago I wrote a blog post discussing coaching in the public sector. I promised to follow up with a post on the tendering process. Well finally a tender has been released that I can use as my motivation to get around to doing just that!

Building your Business in a Recession

Let’s start to discuss how coaches can maintain and even grow their business in a recession. We want to hear your reaction to Irish Coaching Solutions recession survival guide.

Coaching in the Public Sector - Where are we going wrong?

Throughout my working history I have been heavily involved in the process of tendering. It began when I was involved in setting up a consulting firm which focused on the public sector, so tendering was a weekly occurrence for me, and it has continued in each role since. I keep a daily monitor on the Irish tendering website www.etenders.gov.ie (I recommend anyone in business does) as well as international sites.