This blog post is not about the Olympics - sorry if you thought it was! However it is about recognising & appreciating positive practices to help you change… then doing something about it.
Celebrations & Winners
Prompted by a talk given by Sukh Pabial on Positive Psychology, I’ve been running a series of guest blogs on “Positive Practices in Coaching & Mentoring”.
It’s been an amazing series from quite different individuals all giving their distinct views on their positive practices. That the series has generated over 1250 blog views in just 5 weeks I think shows that many of you have enjoyed it just as much as I have!
So I’d like to thank & celebrate those guest bloggers for sharing so willingly their views on positive practices in coaching & mentoring... Thank you all!
I had mentioned there was a prize so you might expect as it's the Olympics that there could be Gold, Silver & Bronze awards... nope. Each blog & blogger is a winner in my eyes - they stepped up to share their own practices with all of us and that I think is a hugely positive thing to do.
So to gauge the two most inspiring blog posts, I approached someone with many years senior management experience who was not a coach or mentor and had not already read any of this series of blogs...
There were two posts which they felt particularly inspired by and in their own words "talked to the power of coaching". These were Meg & Phil's blog posts and both of you now have a ticket for Sukh's "Positive Psychology in Application" event on August 17th in London!
Closing Ceremony
It's the closing ceremony of the Olympics today and a celebration of this series of blog posts seems like a good place to end this Blogger blog...
Blogging has grown thing from something I was a bit scared of pushing out there to something I've incorporated into my whole life. I'm still learning but I couldn't have done this without the support of friends, colleagues, other bloggers and above all readers of the blog. Thank you! Also, I love the fact that my young kids now use "blogging" as part of their diction - brilliant!
Yet, it's time for me to create some change...
...there are things I'd like to focus more on and I need the impetus to make this happen. Stopping this Blogger blog is one way of creating this.
...I've learnt a lot and my blogging has matured. I now need to take this to another level with greater focus and challenge.
...I'm here to stay as a blogger but need a better platform. Sorry Blogger but I've outgrown what you provide and I need to move on.
So above all, thank you for all the support here over the last 18 months. You've given me the support & confidence to learn, change and progress. I'm ready to end this Blogger blog...
However, you can continue to read more blogging on all aspects of People Performance & Potential from myself and special guests at :
www.peopleperformancepotential.comI think recognising when you've outgrown what you have and being willing to take on a new challenge is a positive practice. I hope you agree!
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