The Barefoot Coach
February 2010
The Barefoot Coach Blog
February 2010
This month, SeventhWave was privileged to be involved with the Graduate Program for one of the major banks. The program was hugely succesful, with the careers of over 140 new graduates now officially underway! The key messages for the graduates -
- Accept Personal Responsibilty
- Develop Leadership
- Grasp Opportunites
- Maximise Personal Brand
Other highlights included High Performance BoardMeeting sessions at Woolamai Beach, St. Kilda Beach and on the Yarra River. In each case, participants commented on the effectiveness of the session, particularly noting the benefit of leaving the office and experiencing the water-based activity. The resultant clarity of mind and innovative thinking led to major breakthroughs.
Books read/reading during February:
The Answer: Improve Your Life By Asking Better Questions, by Lindsay Tighe.
Recommended a great coaching book to clients:
Coaching For Performance; GROWing Human Potential and Purpose (4th edition) by Sir John Whitmore
Music that moved us in February:
Delphic's debut album, "Acolyte"
Hot Chip's latest, "One Life Stand"
Groove Armada's, "Black Light"
"Work", by the Shout Out Louds and "Plastic Beach" by the Gorillaz
Live music - Echo and the Bunnymen at The Palais was a sensational experience!
Check out all the music that gets Seventh Wave in the mood...
The Barefoot Coach
January 2010
Welcome to The Barefoot Coach Blog for January 2010
SeventhWave proudly sponsored the Port Phillip Cup on Australia Day. It was hugely successful! Stand Up Paddle Boarding is the fastest growing board sport in the world, and helped inspire SeventhWave's unique High Performance Coaching program, the BoardMeeting!
This month, the story behind SeventhWave's branding features on SCT's website.
Books read/reading during January:
The Leader on the Couch – Manfred Kets De Vries
Leadership Aikido – John O’Neill
Music we loved during 2009:
Email Dugald for the list of the 52 songs chosen by the Barefoot Coach as Song Of The Week throughout 2009
Check out all the music that gets Seventh Wave in the mood...
The Barefoot Coach
Movember/December 2009
Welcome to The Barefoot Coach Blog for Movember/December 2009
Movember is a month that propmts reflection for me. I lost my uncle to prostrate cancer and my Dad has had to battle it also. This year I will again shave my usual moustache and goatee and regrow something new. I'm thinking a nice handlebar...
Check it out, and donate.
At last count, The Barefoot Coach raised over $1200. Thanks to everyone who supported this worthy cause.
The CPA Congress events took place in Qld, W.A., S.A, and A.C.T. with Seventh Wave presenting a variety of sessions. Dugald's "Confront Confrontation" session was filmed in W.A. and you check out the footage here (proudly sporting my Movember moustache!).
Books read/reading during Movember/December:
Mick Fanning's Surf For Life
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
And we revisit an old classic, Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People...
Music we loved during Movember/December:
Echo & The Bunnymen, brilliant new album and their best since Ocean Rain, The Fountain
Karen O And The Kids, soundtrack to the Brilliant Spike Jonze film, Where The Wild Things Are
And two great local women:
Bertie Blackman with Secrets And Lies and Sarah Blasko As Day Follows Night.
Check out all the music that gets Seventh Wave in the mood...
The Barefoot Coach
September/October 2009
Welcome to The Barefoot Coach Blog for September/October 2009
In September we welcomed two new Corporate BoardMeeting clients; both have been excited by their great results.
A substantial amount of work has been conducted within a major Contact Centre, focussing on upskilling the Technical Coaches. Immediate improvement has been reported with a reduction in call time and improved quality of the calls.
And in October we celebrated the naming of the Business 3000 winners at a Gala Event at the RACV club (SeventhWave was nominated and narrowly missed out on the ultimate prize).
The first of the CPA Congress events took place in October, with Seventh Wave presenting sessions in Melbourne and Sydney.
Books read/reading during September/October:
Jack Canfield's The Success Principles
Dr. John Clarke's The Pocket Psycho
And we revisited Dr. Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness
Music we loved during September/October:
Reverend And The Makers, A French Kiss In The Chaos
The Big Pink, A Brief History of Love
The XX xx
The Raveonettes, In And Out Of Control
Check out all the music that gets SeventhWave in the mood...
The Barefoot Coach
July/August 2009
Welcome to The Barefoot Coach Blog for July/August 2009
July was a big month. The biggest milestones related to our daughter, the deilghtful Soleil, who took her first unaided steps and turned one! She has added an enormous amount to our lives.
It was almost as exciting to learn that we'd been nominated for an award as part of the Business 3000 program. It's nice to be recognised and we figure we must have been doing something right in our first year!
Books read/reading during July/August:
The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge, M.D.
Very Smart Parents, Kobus Neethling
Fiesta (The Sun Also Rises), Ernest Hemingway
Music we loved during July/August:
Jen Cloher and The Endless Sea, great new album, Hidden Hands
Jason Lytle's (formerly Grandaddy) new album, Yours Truly, the Commuter
Kasabian's blockbuster, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
And local rockstars, The Temper Trap, with an epic debut, Conditions
Check out all the music that gets SeventhWave in the mood...