Training and Coaching with a leadership bias
Training and Coaching with a leadership bias
Take the brakes off your business and career
Take the brakes off your business and career
Our customers love what we help them achieve
Our customers love what we help them achieve
Mark from Cool Waters provided interim leadership and leadership training for McNicholas.
I am very pleased with the response to the leadership training courses. As a result of Mark’s knowledge, experience and personal coaching style, the attendees rated both the content and the presenter very highly - several said it was the best course they had ever been on!
Following the training and coaching provided by Cool Waters, I am sure we will see real growth and transformation in the future within those who participated.
His experience as a coach and mentor added real value as he encouraged and supported genuine development within the team he managed during his time with us.
Attitude, much more than aptitude or ability, is the key indicator of success
Attitude, much more than aptitude or ability, is the key indicator of success
Individually or in groups - tailored made solutions for you and your business
Individually or in groups - tailored made solutions for you and your business
Personal Coaching and Leadership Training for Career Professionals in the IT Industry
Coaching, Mentoring and Training for Entrepreneurs and founders of high-tech start-ups
Addressing Leadership and Attitude issues through training, coaching and seminars for established SME and Enterprise
Be a river, not a reservoir
Be a river, not a reservoir
We're ready if you are
We're ready if you are
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our signature practical teaching
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If you are a product of the leadership thinking that was prevalent in the second half of the twentieth century, you will probably have been taught that a leader needs to keep some distance from their team. In other words, it’s lonely at the top.
Today we see loneliness in leadership as a personality flaw in the leader and not part of the job description. If it’s lonely at the top you are doing somethings wrong. And one of those things is almost certainly failing to engage in the leadership conversation with your team.
What every IT Manager needs to know - so they can manage their people as well as they manage their servers. There are 5 key ideas that every technician needs to master in order to successfully make the leap from a technical career track into leadership. If you want to go from Sys Admin to CTO, then these are for you.
During the recent Arctic cold weather snap, I really appreciated the 4 wheel drive on my beloved Volvo. It may be getting long in the tooth but it handles the ice and snow with a sure-footed assurance – which I was especially grateful for this weekend as it meant all the band equipment arrived at Church on Sunday morning and number 1 daughter arrived safely back at University in Nottingham on Monday.
Do you wonder if Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is working a plot to bring down his airline? Corporate Culture is a Leadership issue
Great Leaders Care About what they Care About – which improves both their effectiveness as a leader and their sense of personal satisfaction
When the pressure is on and deadlines loom or disaster strikes, it can be very tempting to want to do something - anything - to start working on the solution as soon as possible. And, all things being equal, this is the right thing to do - we should have a bias to action.
Last week the news was full of the disruption caused by the WannaCry Ransomware which has hit over 300,000 computers in 150 countries (as of 20th May). Some have blamed Microsoft, others the NSA, still others the Government. They are all wrong.
There comes a point in any journey of personal growth and development where the next step we need or want to take suddenly feels way bigger than all the others taken so far. You might be embarking on your biggest ever project at work, preparing your first public speaking gig, creating your first presentation for work, starting a business or turning up to join a local sports team or theatre club for the first time. Whatever it is, it is something that is taking you out of your comfort zone.
if you need help, get in touch
if you need help, get in touch
I was lucky enough to be a part of a course delivered by Mark on the 21 Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell. The course was 8 weeks long, and the enthusiasm and interest carried right on to the end. Mark’s ability to deliver the course improved my outlook on leadership and management. The course gave me many pointers and I believe I am already starting to see the effects. I feel very privileged to have taken part in the course.
You will unleash your full potential when you bring your own kind of awesome, rather than trying to copy someone else’s.