Moyra Mackie
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Building great teams – no rafts, parachutes, safety nets or mud required
This is my favourite picture of me at work. I love seeing every single one of those people, smiling, engaged, fully present. What’s more, it’s taken in the middle of a challenging and competitive activity where everyone present has experienced unexpected loss and...
The hippo, the salesman and the significance of shoes
This week I’ve been asking myself how bad things have to get before we ask for help. I’m thinking of all the people who struggle with a relationship without seeking counselling. Or those who wrestle with a problem at work and try and solve it on their own, rather than...
How journaling reduces stress and boosts creativity
How journaling reduces stress and boosts creativity Did you know there’s robust research showing that writing a journal helps us let go of difficult emotions, cuts down on over-thinking and procrastination and leaves us calmer, clearer and less stressed? The research...
Leadership training from our kids?
Leadership is more important now than ever before. People are stepping up into leadership roles at work and within their communities as we band together (while practicing social distancing of course) to support our colleagues, friends and neighbours. This year That...
How fear of failure prevents us from being our best selves
Fear of failure - we've all experienced it one time or another Beth had signed up for coaching because she was leading a transformation project fraught with politics and big egos. Despite her experience and the faith that had been placed in her, she was concerned...
The difference between leaders and managers? Knowing the difference between boundaries and barriers
Boundaries should never be barriers. Much has been written about what motivates and drives people. Perhaps we can condense this all into the notion that at its simplest, what drives us is a desire to feel loved and accepted, to feel physically and emotionally safe....
Team coaching and Leadership: How to work with a team where the trust has gone
“What’s the difference between management and leadership?” A variation of that question (leadership versus management) is keyed into Google more than 1.2 million times a month. Leadership certainly is a hot topic. Do people want to know the difference between...
What is the difference between leadership and management?
So what’s the big difference between leadership and management? Every week I talk to managers who fear they might be failing the leadership test. Every week I work with teams who feel their managers are not leaders. Recently I read an article by John Kotter where he...
Calling all managers: how not to suck at coaching
Let me start by saying that giving advice is not coaching! How many times in a week do you get asked for advice? If you’re half-way good at your job, I’m going to guess that the answer is “frequently”. If you’re quick to offer your advice I’m going to be blunt: ...
What got you here, won’t get you there
“Coaching and counselling are really for losers”, said a forthright friend of mine the other day. “I know it’s what you do but I don’t believe in this coaching stuff. If people were just a bit more resilient… I guess if you’re a bit of a loser it might help, but...
The three simple things that make you better at what you do
As a coach, clients ask me into their business to help them get better at what they do. Whether it’s an individual leader, a team or even a whole company, these clients are always interested in improvement. Most of the time they’re pretty successful (sometimes...
Time Management: The biggest lie: “I have no time.”
If you want to change anything significant in your life you need to nail this lie.Whether it is exercising more, changing the direction of your business or becoming a better leader to your team, most of us need to challenge this most insidious of self-limiting beliefs...
Moyra has worked with our organization to help us navigate a number of important change initiatives… consistently demonstrating an ability to help us see the gap between where we are and where we need to go… truly defining what it means to be a trusted advisor.
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