“Are you an optimist or a pessimist?” I guess the quality of the answer is always dependent on the quality of the question. And that’s a very binary question. In other words, you’re one or the other. A better question…
In this episode of Mentoring with Mitch, I explore the tricky topic of expectations management. What do you do when your people are performing below your expectations? Here’s the question: How do you know what issues to ‘let go’ and…
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I played golf recently with a teacher I highly respected (and a great golfer to boot). A Beautiful swing and a beautiful person. We got talking about the “positioning” of boys’ schools and how they have it all wrong. In…
There’s a lot of talk about Psychological Safety in organisations these days. But what does it actually mean and how do we create it? In this episode, I outline the four stages of Psychological Safety as defined by Timothy R.…
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Imposter Syndrome. Is it real? It’s funny how once we choose a label it sticks. We name our babies, and they somehow grow into their names. I think it’s the same with Imposter Syndrome. And I don’t think it’s helping…
In this video, I overview 3 strategies to manage feeling overwhelmed at work (particularly post-pandemic in the case of this week’s question). Here’s the question: “COVID has been tough, yet we got through it. I thought things would get back…
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