Small Steps and Broken Stones

Three days on the trot in the classroom is exhausting. Rewarding, but exhausting. I’ve been working a bit more on body position and tone variation. It’s hard to gauge the impact, but it certainly helps me feel more confident.

What really makes for a great classroom experience though, is great delegates, and I’ve had plenty of those over the last three days. Working with great people makes everything that much easier and enjoyable - there’s always something to spark off.

Note to self - don’t mispell ‘technical’ on the flipchart.

This article by Russell M. Davies in Wired UK gave me the idea of writing quick weeknotes - short reflections on the week gone by and what went well, what needs more thought/action and what’s coming up next.

I enjoyed seeing the new Connect newsletter come out, my first as Editor. We’ve had some good feedback already and I’m looking forward to getting on with the next one.

Today has been very rewarding and stimulating, two coaching sessions - two very different organisations and a different focus required for each. More of this please!

A supplement in today’s paper on great places to work has got me thinking once again on workplace volunteering and closing the gap between the private and third sectors. Wrapped up in this are some ideas around leadership skills and reaching out to Generation Y.

I’m getting increasingly busy and this means my time management and prioritisation skills are going to need to slip up a notch. Some work to be done here.