Endings and beginnings (and a train journey)

Realised I haven't blogged for a while - that's because I've been working away in Birmingham on  the hottest days of the year so far! It really makes me appreciate living by the sea. Don't get me wrong, I'm not putting Birmingham down - it's a great place, very vibrant and has a buzz about it. But you can't beat sea breeze and the opportunity to go down to the beach when it's five minutes from your doorstep!

So to endings; last week I finished coaching two clients and it got me thinking about the process all over again. Out of everything I do, the 1-1 stuff is often  the most exhausting, unpredictable, exciting and rewarding work. These guys were amazing and I bet they don't know that I learned as much from them as they did from me. It's hard to say good-bye to them but at the same time, great that they have moved on. 

And beginnings -last week, four delegates didn't turn up for a course so I had the day with just two charming chaps; we worked our socks off and explored everything about their attitudes towards being assertive and communicating to sound 'as though they mean it'. I think we will see more of these two on other trainings and I'm looking forward to that.

I promised myself ages ago that I would never turn into a blogger who harps on about trains and difficult journeys, and I won't. BUT this was a cracker! From Euston to Birmingham takes an hour and a half and it's always a very busy train, no matter what time you pick to travel. So when one train is cancelled, you can imagine the impact on the next one. A million people cramped into not enough space on a very hot day is potentially a recipe for disaster. How interesting that, just as we are always being told, the whole community in adverse situations thing kicked in straight away and there we all were, chatting, swapping stories, buying each other cups of tea and generally being best friends by the end of the journey.

Every cloud, eh?

Bye for now.