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7 May 2021Newsletter3 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 7th May 2021

Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • Are you an Essentialist? 💡 • The dictionary definition of coaching is wrong 😱 • Atomic Coaching: Don't Give Advice 🎯
With Gratitude,TobyAre you an Essentialist? 💡
This week I read Essentialism by Greg McKewon. Essentialists focus on the vital few rather than the trivial many.Here's a story from the book that might be familiar:I once worked with an executive team that needed help with their prioritisation. They were struggling to identify the top fi

28 Apr 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 30th April 2021

Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • Tackling Workplace Injustice 💡 • The Trillion Dollar Coach 💰 • Atomic Coaching: Improve Self-Awareness 🎯
With Gratitude,TobyTackling Workplace Injustice 💡
This week I started reading Just Work by Kim Scott. I was excited to read this as Kim's book Radical Candor is one of my all-time favourites.The book shares a framework for tackling workplace injustice. It shares 3 types of injustice and the tactics you can use to tackle them.I haven't quite fini

22 Apr 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 23rd April 2021

Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • How To Navigate Team Conflict 💥 • Curated Insights Interviews - Kate Leto 🎙️ • Atomic Coaching: Build Your Definition of Coaching 🎯
With Gratitude,TobyHow To Navigate Team Conflict 💥Navigating Conflict is one of the biggest challenges we face in the workplace.It's one of the few things that will keep you up at night and leave emotional scars.There is a dilemma. The right conflict can lead to improved performance. In contrast, the wrong conflict can

13 Apr 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 16th April 2021

Happy Friday,
This week I introduce a new section to the newsletter - Atomic Coaching. Each week I'll share a small challenge to help grow your coaching skills.This weeks insights include: • How To Build Rapport 🤝 • Leadership Lessons from Instagram 📷 • Atomic Coaching: Asking Powerful Questions 🎯
With Gratitude,TobyHow To Build Rapport 🤝This week I read Rapport by Emily Alison and Laurence Alison.Rapport is your ability to build a connection with people.It's the bedrock of successful relati

8 Apr 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 9th April 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How to decide when to coach vs mentor 🤔 • Book Summary: Making of a Manager 📚 • The Coaching Habit Visualised 🎨 
With Gratitude,TobyWhen to Coach vs Mentor? 🤔This week I was helping a Tech Leader improve their coaching skills. The dilemma we explored this week was when to coach vs mentor?It's common for leaders to assume coaching and mentoring are the same. However, once you start to develop coaching skills it quickly becomes apparent that ther

29 Mar 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 2nd April 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How Keystone Habits Help You 🧱 • Perceptual Positions and the Suez Canal Ship 🚢 • April Goal Setting Exercise 🎯
With Gratitude,TobyHow Keystone Habits Help You 🧱This week I re-read Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. The book is most famous for the habit loop: Cue, Routine, Reward.What I most enjoy in this book is the focus on keystone habits. These are habits that strengthen other habits. Exercise is the most common keystone habit. If you exercise

25 Mar 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 26th March 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • Knowing When To Quit 🤔 • Change is not an event. It's a skill. ✨ • Lyssa Adkins and Edge Theory 🔥Thanks to everyone who submitted feedback this month. Here are the results: 👍 = 43% 😐 = 29% 👎 = 28%As always, you can share feedback at the end of today's edition.
With Gratitude,TobyKnowing When To Quit 🤔Being a change agent is hard. It's full of ups and downs. It can often feel like change is never going to happen. Therefore knowing when to quit i

18 Mar 2021Newsletter3 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 19th March 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How a chef can help you build new habits 🍱 • 5 Check-In Questions for one-on-ones 👥 • Change is not an event. It's a skill. 🛠You can give one-click feedback at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyHow a chef can help you build new habits 🍱This week I read Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood. Thie big takeaway was how shaping your context can help you form better habits. Professional chef, Robert Jörin shares what cooking can teach you abo

11 Mar 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 12th March 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • Your advice is not as good as you think 💬 • An Operating System for great one-on-ones 👥 • Atomic Habits Visualized 🖼You can give one-click feedback at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyYour advice is not as good as you think 💬I was once working with a leader on how to improve their presentation skills.It was an important pitch to a new client and pressure was high.With pitching experience, I was asked to help the leader prepare.We worked

4 Mar 2021Newsletter3 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 5th March 2021

Happy Friday,
This weeks insights include: • How to improve your one-on-ones 💬 • Leadership Insights from Clubhouse 👋 • A surprising truth about teaching 🧠Also this week you have the chance to give one-click feedback. You can find the options at the end of this edition.
With Gratitude,TobyHow effective are your One-On-Ones? 💬I asked this question on Twitter. 55% voted not effective. I thought it would be higher.Almost every person I coach or mentor shares that their one-on-ones are ineffecti

25 Feb 2021Newsletter3 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 26th February 2021

Happy Friday,February was a fun month of creation and learning. I read 5 books, published 5 articles, created 5 videos, attended 1 training course and opened an Instagram account.
This week's insights include: • Good Conflict, Bad Conflict 🤬 • How To Build A Listening Habit👂 • Power of Consistency 📈If you enjoy this edition, I'd love you to share it on Twitter.
With Gratitude,TobyGood Conflict, Bad Conflict 🤬This week I finished Adam Grant's new book Think Again. Adam shares that Good Thin

11 Feb 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 12th February 2021

Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • Are you solving the wrong problems? ⚠️ • Find your perfect coaching book 📚 • A self-care writing exercise ❤️Enjoy!Are you solving the wrong problems? ⚠️This week I read Upstream Thinking by Dan Heath.It explores how people commonly focus on solving the wrong problems. They react to problems after they happen.Instead, Dan suggests preventing problems upstream.What I enjoyed most about the book are the stories used throughout.A great example is a Dutch