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Welcome to my blog
Here you will find the contents of my mind. My musings; the things I spend time thinking about, the subjects I really care about, examples of work I do and my beliefs about the possibilities of we humans if we unlock our potential. Feel free to share. Enjoy.
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Be your Best. An offsite. Ts & Cs
BE YOUR BEST. AN OFFSITE. ATTENDEE AGREEMENT. This event agreement (the “Agreement”), dated in correspondence with the date of...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 24
Up there with the most memorable...
Friday was up there with one of the most memorable days of my career …and one of my proudest! Pride for this brilliant bunch of 17...
Nicola Ellwood
Jul 13, 2023
#Proud
Lovely to receive this invitation and recognition - I’m a Fellow of the Association for Coaching. 🎉 So much study. So many coaching...
Nicola Ellwood
Jul 13, 2023
What are the deep values-based drivers behind your leadership style?
What are the deep drivers behind your leadership style? What is really important to you - so much so that it shapes your identity, how...
Nicola Ellwood
Jul 13, 2023
Don't get in your own way
What do you want? See it Hear it Feel it Smell it Taste it ... and Do it. Don’t be the person who gets in your own way. You have it all...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 11, 2022
A strategy for being happy?
I was watching Fearne Cotton on BBC breakfast last week as she promoted her ‘Happy’ festival. She was asked by the presenter, of all the...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 11, 2022
Change can be fast and easy
I am very often amazed by the rate of change. When I begin working with a client I always ask them what the outcome of our work will be?...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 11, 2022
We are Human beings not Human doings
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating an offsite residential for a newly formed International Exec Leadership Team, at Cambridge...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 11, 2022
Success – why today, it is a very level playing field
What makes somebody successful? Ask 100 people, and you will get 100 different answers. That is because we are all wonderfully diverse...
Nicola Ellwood
Mar 8, 2021
Nicola joins The Tour Experience Coaching team
Golfers looking to improve their performance on the course can benefit from the expertise of some of the country’s best coaches,...
Nicola Ellwood
Jan 28, 2021
But what can I possibly learn from a coach, that I don't already know myself?
I was recently asked by an HR client to write an article about coaching for a senior leader who didn’t feel he needed coaching. (My...
Nicola Ellwood
Nov 3, 2020
Trust your first thought.
Over the years I’ve learnt that we think in two very different ways and that difference is pretty consistent amongst us. There is one...
Nicola Ellwood
Sep 9, 2020
Are you aware of what you truly want?
You'll know that coaches often talk about goals, right. Over the years I’ve noticed that I talk about goals and work with them...
Nicola Ellwood
Aug 27, 2020
The meaning of your communication is the response it gets.
When I first started learning about communication and the psychology of how we communicate and understand, it scared the life out of...
Nicola Ellwood
Jul 22, 2020
Why We Need Our People Managers More Than Ever
You’ve probably heard the phrase: “People join organisations but leave their manager.” I know many people with whom that resonates... ...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 23, 2020
Getting perspective...
When you become a Coach you learn that your own ‘lived experience’ - experiences, knowledge, expertise, opinion, perception, beliefs and...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 19, 2020
My take on Mental Health
What is mental health to you? For me, it is an emphasis on the word, ‘health’. Mental Health. Mental Wellbeing. And where our mental...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 16, 2020
How I got to today...
Someone called me a ‘career coach’ the other day. When I asked them what that phrase meant to them. Their response surprised me. “Well...
Nicola Ellwood
Jun 3, 2020
Thoughts on how to serve yourself while off work
Click on the TT icon and it will change the styles. You may also need to click on the bold/unbold to get it to match Being at home and...
Nicola Ellwood
Apr 30, 2020
A little guide to serving yourself well while working at home
Many people think that working from home is easy! Here’s the thing: it’s not as easy as some may think. Juggling life, working around...
Nicola Ellwood
Apr 28, 2020
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