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BOOKS I'VE READ

A great influence has been the books by Katzenbach and Smith - The Wisdom of Teams and The Discipline of Teams, in particular. More recently, the rather ghastly titled 'Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work' by Jon Gottman and Nan Silver has thrown an interesting perspective on relationship issues.

LESSONS FROM CLIENTS

The challenge in so many organisations was summed up well by one of the delegates to a coach training programme I am running with 16 partners in a UK legal firm. 'You have to realise the challenge here, Richard. As solicitors, we're taught to take the emotion out of everything. Now you're asking us to put it back in.'

FREE STUFF!

www.pdf955.com has to be one of the neatest, most useful pieces of software ever created. It allows you to set up a virtual printer on your PC that converts files (any) into Adobe Acrobat files that you can send to anyone. You can even download it FREE. If you're already involved in relationship coaching or counselling, the special interest group on the Co-Active Network is a great resource.

GREAT EXPERIENCES

Listening to the soundtrack CD of The Hours by Philip Glass. Watching a jay fly in and take food from the bird table just outside our home in the Blackdown Hills... never seen one up close before. Enjoying the start of the new series of 24 on Sky... addictive. Experiencing some of the buzz of being a journalist (which I once was) in support of my wife's campaign as Labour Candidate in our local constituency.