by Creative Vectors Coaching | Sep 15, 2025 | Coaching, Leadership
Coaching is widely recognised as a helping profession. Many people develop coaching skills because they want to support others—and that’s certainly been true for me. But what I didn’t expect was how much I would gain personally from becoming a coach. What Your...
by Creative Vectors Coaching | Mar 5, 2018 | Coaching, Leadership, Teams
I am now offering Quintax Personality Profiling in my coaching work. Why use psychometrics? I believe that understanding yourself is a fundamental first step in personal and professional development. Once you understand yourself and “where you’re...
by Creative Vectors Coaching | Oct 13, 2014 | Coaching, Leadership, Resilience
In a business world that is increasingly volatile, it’s often said that leaders need resilience. But what is that? The dictionary definition refers to an ability to spring back into shape, or recover from difficulties, and in psychology literature, we see resilience...
by Creative Vectors Coaching | Sep 24, 2012 | Coaching, Leadership, Resilience
In my last blog I wrote about the benefits of frustration as a prompt to get you to imagine what you want. “daring to dream is an important step in thinking about change” This kind of imagining is future-oriented and is a creative step towards choosing...
by Creative Vectors Coaching | Nov 29, 2011 | Coaching, Leadership
Conscientiousness and a passion for excellence are highly prized qualities in the workplace today. In a highly competitive world we need to avoid mistakes and achieve the highest standards. So a perfectionist working style can be a real asset. But what happens when...
by Creative Vectors Coaching | Oct 18, 2011 | Change, Coaching, Leadership, Resilience, Training Transfer
David (name changed) kept his staff under strict control. He knew if they had made a mistake, often before they did, and was quick to tell them about it and how to fix it. He wanted to develop his staff to be able to recognise and fix their own problems so he decided...
