All too often you may find yourself in a highly pressurised situation. But have you actually stopped to take a deep look as to where said "pressure" has stemmed from? According to Jill Livesey, Senior Executive Coach, IECL, looking to your sense of self-worth will...
We are celebrating a special milestone at IECL – the 15th working anniversary of our treasured General Manager, Education Mandy Geddes! Our Director, Asia Julie Parkinson reminisces on the last 15 years with Mandy and her immense contributions to IECL. Julie also shares reflections and...
With Disrupt Sydney, in its fifth year, Mandy Geddes, IECL’s General Manager, Education shares with us her insights and some thought-provoking angles. From what it means to live on the edge as a disrupter, to living examples of disruption locally and across the seas, Mandy, like...
Since 2001, IECL Associate Peter Shields has clocked more than 4,000 hours supporting the development of hundreds of leaders, in a broad range of industries, through executive coaching and mentoring. Nicole Sitosta sat down with Peter to demystify what keeps senior leaders up at night,...
Time and time again, IECL’s Head of Coaching John Raymond has been asked ‘Can the leader of a team also be the team coach?’ John unpackages for us how an understanding of the coaching process can lead to team leaders, at all levels, drive sustainable...
As our former Client Development Partner Dani Matthews embarks on an exciting new career adventure, she shares with us inspiration and reflections on the three Ls according to former CEO of Westpac, Gail Kelly’s first book – Live, Lead and Learn. Having always admired Gail Kelly’s...
Following Kate Mathers' previous blog on ‘Mindfulness at the heart of coaching’, she now explores how mindfulness and coaching can increase performance and wellbeing in organisations. “The Australian workforce is overwhelmed by high stress levels… 65% of employees report ‘moderate to high stress levels’ 41% of...
Paula Feathers shares with us a profound and honest reflection on her experience with cancer and how it has allowed her to invigorate her ability to coach. The handy alliteration allows me to link two seemingly unrelated words. And mostly, to be honest, they have...
Kate Mathers, IECL’s Principal Mindfulness Trainer reflects on how mindfulness can enrich coaching engagements and the coach’s ability to manage themselves, their emotional state and their responses and reactions to their counterpart. “Being present allows us to dance in the moment, just this moment… To...
With R U OK? Day coming up next month, Mandy Geddes, IECL's General Manager, Education takes a look at mental health in our workplaces, and challenges if we as a society ask enough questions about our workplaces to check that they are safe places to work...
