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public speaking

Public Speaking Simplified

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Public Speaking Simplified

Long term followers of this blog (thank you!), will already know I am passionate about helping people communicate. In fact, I wrote a piece about it some time ago – you can find it here. I find there are a lot of people teaching communication and public speaking skills, and all of them have some…

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get uncomfortable

Be Comfortable with being Uncomfortable

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Be Comfortable with being Uncomfortable

The other day I was in a cycle class when the instructor said “I know this feels hard now. It feels uncomfortable. What you need to do is get comfortable with being uncomfortable!” My eyes were bleary with sweat, and my legs were shaking, so I didn’t immediately ponder on the metaphor of life our…

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making decisions

3 Steps to Making Great Decisions

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on 3 Steps to Making Great Decisions

Decisions, decisions… Have you ever had a big (or small) decision to make, and you simply did not know what to do? So did you delay making the decision? Did you worry you would make the wrong decision? Did you feel pressured into making A decision? We’ve all been there. There will come a point…

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Getting back your mojo

Getting Back your Mojo

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Getting Back your Mojo

Have you ever experienced a feeling of “meh”? Like you just can’t be bothered? And you wondered how you could have been feeling full of beans only a few days (weeks?) ago. This is sometimes known as “mojo” or zest for life. Some people seem to have it in abundance. Some people have it then…

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Self awareness

Self Awareness – It’s for Everyone!

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Self Awareness – It’s for Everyone!

In an earlier post, I talked about Empathy, and how to tell if you are lacking it. The truth is, many people do, and spend all of their lives completely oblivious to the world around them. I absolutely do not believe in the term “ignorance is bliss”. This phrase (in case you were interested) was…

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responsibility and a teapot

What a teapot can teach you about Responsibility

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on What a teapot can teach you about Responsibility

When I was 11 years old, I was innocently going about my business in the kitchen when the silver teapot just LEAPED off the bench. It really did. One minute, it was sitting there, the next it was lying on the floor looking a little worse for wear. I put it back on the bench…

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Test your limits

Limits vs Boundaries and the Secret to the Universe

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Limits vs Boundaries and the Secret to the Universe

Wow, now at the risk of over-promising in this blog post I want to tackle a few things close to my heart… For long time followers of my blog (firstly, thank you for reading my blog!), you may have noticed I inspire you to consider new concepts, try new things and test your limits. I…

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Expect the best

Expect the Best

By Emma Sharrock / July 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Expect the Best

Not long ago I was contacted by two separate people, both asking for a similar thing. They both needed some help facilitating a workshop with some senior people to understand what it was their project needed to achieve and how much it would cost. The first person called me and took some time to talk about…

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9 keys to an achievable outcome

9 keys to an achievable outcome

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on 9 keys to an achievable outcome

One of the key factors in getting what you want is KNOWING what you want. And not just knowing what you want but WHY. This is why so many new year’s resolutions (and goals in general) fail. Because people pick something based on someone else’s goals and dreams, not their own. In order to come up…

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Curing overwhelm

Spoiled for choice – curing overwhelm

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Spoiled for choice – curing overwhelm

I have a confession to make. I am a member of two gyms. Both have comprehensive group fitness classes and great environments. One even has a 50 metre outdoor pool. On the way home from the office the other day I was trying to decide whether I should go to the 6pm spin class at…

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Don't settle for less than amazing

Don’t settle for anything less than amazing

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Don’t settle for anything less than amazing

Often through my coaching clients, colleagues and friends, I come across people who are unhappy. Unhappy with their jobs, their partners, their environment. Their lives. It appears that at some point in their lives they have ‘settled’ for something that they weren’t actually aiming for but decided at some point: “This will do”. A colleague…

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asking why

Don’t stop asking why

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Don’t stop asking why

Do you remember when you were a child, and your parents would ask you to do something and you would ask “Why?” Your parent would answer, and you would ask “Why?” again. Very patient parents would answer as many “why”s as they could before their energetic and persistent child eventually wore them down and the…

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Change is great. On my terms only…

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Change is great. On my terms only…

One of the first things that springs to mind when I think of Change Management is my cat. Cats do NOT like change. At all. Move the sofa slightly and watch him sniff disapprovingly, shoot me a filthy look then take a long time to get comfortable. Don’t even think about sitting in his spot…

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Acting like a pro

Are you acting like a pro?

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Are you acting like a pro?

I am a huge fan of Marie Forleo, a super coach and business owner in the US. She has this awesome show she does every week called Marie TV, and some time ago I saw her interview with Steve Pressfield, the author of “Turning Pro”. The interview has been on my mind for some time,…

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Welcome to the world of ‘not problem’

By Emma Sharrock / July 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Welcome to the world of ‘not problem’

It’s a common misconception that coaches ‘solve problems’. It’s even more common to think that coaches focus on problems at all. In fact, the word ‘problem’ rarely comes up in a coaching session. My mentor introduced me to the world of ‘not problem’. You see, that world (the world of ‘not problem’) exists all around…

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The Future of Project Leadership

By Emma Sharrock / June 20, 2016 / Comments Off on The Future of Project Leadership

With all this crazy Agile change going on in organisations, it’s only fair that people ask: “What is the future for project managers in our companies now?”. Or: “IS there a future for project managers in our companies at all?” Both great questions with simple but not easy answers. All change requires some level of…

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