Leap Of Faith Coaching

From the Coaching desk:

Carl Jung said that the greatest contribution individuals could make was to get to know themselves.
My posts over the last three weeks have been in relation to that process. Covey regards this work as foundational in proceeding to work with others.
How do you see yourself in relation to that shift from Dependence to Independence? (Covey’s habits, one to three)

‘First things firs!

From the Coaching Desk:

‘The tyranny of the urgent’ one of my former colleagues used to say. Stephen Covey’s 3rd habit, ‘Putting first things first’, leads us to effective prioritisation with our time.

I moved away from a weekly planner some time ago to this Important/Urgent quadrant below. While I must confess to a diary blooper this week 😊 this approach ensures we keep asking ourselves what the first thing first is at a given point in time.

From the Coaching Desk:

‘The tyranny of the urgent’ one of my former colleagues used to say. Stephen Covey’s 3rd habit, ‘Putting first things first’, leads us to effective prioritisation with our time.

I moved away from a weekly planner some time ago to this Important/Urgent quadrant below. While I must confess to a diary blooper this week 😊 this approach ensures we keep asking ourselves what the first thing first is at a given point in time.

From the Coaching Desk:

‘Begin with the end in mind.’ I’ve taken a lot of funerals over my time as a minister and celebrant. Many services go less than an hour. That’s not a lot of time in which the summation of your life may be captured by one or several people paying tribute, including your family.

So how would you like to be remembered? Beginning with the end in mind is Stephen Covey’s second habit of highly effective people. Would you like to be remembered as someone who spent a lot of time at the office? Who was constantly in meetings? ‘Success at home’ was one of my former neighbour’s sayings…

‘Living above the line’ - following up on Tuesday’s post on Being Proactive (Covey’s first habit) is this - living above the line of responsibility. It’s a liberating thing, taking responsibility for our own actions. Yes, the traffic was heavy but did I leave enough time in the first place to get to that meeting? At the Board table, the buck stops with directors. In a nose to tail, the line falls on those who don’t brake in time. The old story of “the tree ran out in front of my car” doesn’t work! Living above the line frees us up to take responsibility and move on.

LAST CALL For participants in SEE THE PERSON 🔊

Epilepsy New Zealand is proud to bring back our annual See the Person video campaign in June - and we'd love for you to be part of it. This is aimed at caregivers, partners, friends, or colleagues of someone with epilepsy.
Please go to our website link below to read the two questions and start recording your responses to the questions.
https://epilepsy.org.nz/you-can-help/please-support-our-current-appeal/see-the-person/

What are you or your Board going to do today to be sharper?
Building on Tuesday’s post on Continual Improvement, particularly Dame Lisa Carrington’s mantra of “millimetre by millimetre”, what is your plan to continually improve, so that when you get to the finish of the day, you’ve ended up sharper than the day before. “Millimetre by millimetre”- it has a cumulative effect….

Introducing Marriage Coaching 💍

After conducting weddings since 1989 as both a Minister and Marriage Celebrant, I’ve come to believe that my role shouldn’t end once the ceremony is over.
As a qualified Coach as well, I now have the opportunity to combine both passions; helping couples not only celebrate their wedding day, but also build a strong foundation for a successful marriage.

✨ What is Marriage Coaching?

Marriage Coaching is designed for engaged couples, newly married couples, or those in long-term relationships who want to better understand each other and strengthen their relationship.
Unlike counselling, which often focuses on the past, coaching is proactive and future-focused, helping couples grow together with greater understanding and communication.

🧩 What does it involve?

As part of your wedding preparation, you’ll complete an Extended DISC personality profile, a strengths-based tool that helps identify how each person naturally communicates, works, and relates.
We’ll then meet individually and together to explore:
✔ Your unique strengths
✔ Communication styles
✔ Relationship dynamics
✔ The strengths you each bring into your marriage

💒 Investment:
• Wedding Ceremony Fee – $750
(Includes two meetings and ceremony)
• Extended DISC Profiles – $350 incl. GST
• Preparation Sessions – $300
• Debrief Session – $300
✨ Total Package: $1700 ✨
Includes a $100 discount plus a special gift package 😊
(*Mileage included within 20km. Additional travel may incur extra cost.)

If you’re preparing for marriage and would like to invest not only in your wedding day, but also in your future together, I’d love to chat.
📩 Feel free to message me for more information.

Best Wishes with your plans 😊 Glenn, Christchurch, New Zealand

From my Governance Coaching Desk:

Governance and Management in Sync. Governance at the front, steering in the direction of the agreed Strategy, ensuring fidelity to their values, their ‘true north’ (Stephen Covey) It is the role of Governance to look ahead to future flows, go hard, go early when necessary and stay vigilant. Management’s task is to deliver on the Strategy with Governance. A couple of points to note:

1. Management, in particular CEO’s, work at a different cadence to Governance, as they are in the boat all the time. Boards meet much less frequently.

2. Board Chairs, in the middle, can find themselves squeezed. They in effect become a ‘diff’ or differential (departing from the kayaking metaphor for a minute) between the different cadences of Governance and Management.

3. The faster water flows on the outside bend of a river. The rewards are higher and the risks greater. It is up to every board to determine to what degree they are prepared to embrace risk. Kayakers call the safer water “chicken routes.” This water is much slower and less rewarding ….