David Ferrers

Why I Use Zen Circles

David Ferrers — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:49:16 +0000

The purpose of Zen Circles is to help you to achieve your life’s ambitions in the simplest possible way. Zen is essentially about simplicity. In Zen you use your spiritual self to guide you to your targets. With Zen you become one reality with your aim. Imagine you are at a fairground throwing a ball at a [...]

This is Leadership

David Ferrers — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:17:27 +0000

Client: What is leadership? Coach: Start by thinking of leadership as a long line of people. At the front of the line is the leader. The leader is the one who knows where the group is going. The leader knows how they are going to get there. The leader has told everyone the route they will be taking. The leader [...]

Coaching With NLP

David Ferrers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:48:49 +0000

Client: What is NLP? Coach: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the knowledge of how human beings programme their minds to create their behaviour. Our behaviour; language, body language, habits, emotional expressions strongly affect the path of our life and our relationships with other people. Client: How could NLP help me? Coach: NLP is based on how people actually think [...]

How Zen Helps Me

David Ferrers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:43:55 +0000

Client: What is Zen? Coach: To me Zen means simplicity. I believe that Albert Einstein was right when he said: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.” Client: How would it help me to believe this? Coach: You might stop over-complicating everything in your life. Worrying less about material possessions, what other [...]

Leadership Style

David Ferrers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:48:13 +0000

Yesterday I spent a most informative and interesting day at the Leadership Academy run by the University of Surrey. Here is a digest of the notes I made as well as some of the questions that have occurred to me as I have thought about the day. The day started with a brief talk by Mannie Sher [...]

Why Coaching is More Powerful than Training

David Ferrers — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:59:50 +0000

People learn the things they want to learn. They tend to sieve out and ignore the things that do not interest them or which they consider to be unimportant. When a teacher speaks in a classroom some of the pupils will be riveted to every word, others will be staring out of the window, bored. The [...]

Does Speed Networking Work?

David Ferrers — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:12:50 +0000

Yesterday I was the speaker and a delegate at a Speed Networking event. The other attendees included telecoms sales people, hotel marketeers, lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, a VAT specialist, a will writer, a head-hunter, a marketing adviser, a relationship advisor from a high street bank, financial advisers and software sales people – altogether a reasonable [...]

Building Valuable Relationships

David Ferrers — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:32:28 +0000

Relationships are at the heart of your life and of your business. Simply by having good relationships you create a great deal of security in your life and you open the door to opportunities. When you know a lot of people you feel the security of being part of a community. This security gives you the confidence [...]

Words of Wisdom for a Happy Life

David Ferrers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:24:14 +0000

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s [...]

Disturbing Facts About Affirmations

David Ferrers — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:25:10 +0000

Research carried out by Professor Joanne Wood at the University of Waterloo, Ontario shows that affirmations work well for people with high self esteem and can have a negative effect on people with low self esteem. In the research the confidence of those with high self esteem was boosted by repeating phrases such as: “I can [...]