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Upcoming E vents

Watts and The LeadershipBubble have joined forces to

put together an eveningdiscussing Leadership in theWorkplace with some highly

inspiring guest speakers!

Lauren will be attending 4retreats in North California

over 10 months, for anintensive leadership

programme designed topowerfully uncover, deepen,

Q1 News letterJ uly 2014

It is with great pleasure that I am sending out The LeadershipBubble’s first newsletter. What an amazing few months! Q1 isofficially and successfully over, and what a start.

One of the most common questions I come up against being aLeadership & Executive Coach is ‘What is coaching?’ So thisfeels like the perfect place to start in the first newsletter:

Coaching and BusinessCoaching is a relatively new field, but its growth is fast andhaving great impact on professional and personal lives. Coaching is personal development and whether usedcorporately or personally it will impact all aspects of your life. Executive coaching is designed to help facilitate professionaland personal development to key individuals within anorganisation to improve their performance. CBS News reported "coaching resulted in a ROI of almost sixtimes the program cost as well as a 77% improvement inrelationships, 67% improvement in teamwork, 61%improvement in job satisfaction and 48% improvement inquality."

and build on your naturalstrengths as a leader (CTI).

YEP will be hosting aLeadership Event and The

Leadership Bubble will be aguest speaker.

Dates to be Confirmed on bothbut they will be posted on...

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R ecommendedR eading

This book researches societymovement from the‘Information Age’

Important factors w hen choosing a coach:Great coaches will let you know that they can offer you usefulnew skills, awareness and knowledge, and help you integratewhat you’ve learned, into your day-to-day life.

Make sure that the executive being coached, wants it. Iread a great quote about coaching- ‘What was stigma(“You’re so broken you need a coach?”) has becomestatus symbol (“You’re so valuable you get a coach?”).’ If it works for the President of the United States, I feelconfident to say there is something for everyone incoaching. However the client has to want to change-otherwise it is a waste of time and money for everyoneconcerned.Confidentiality. This is huge and an appropriatelyqualified Coach is ethically bound by the InternationalCoaching Federation (ICF) to keep all the client'sinformationconfidential. http://www.coachfederation.org.uk/Certification is a must when choosing a coach. Experience in business does not make someone acoach, it makes them a consultant. Certified coachesare trained professionals and hold many skills that aconsultant doesn’t.Company Support is absolutely essential to ensure themost is taken out of the coaching. Changing yourthought patterns and actions is hard, to do thisunsupported by your Co-Directors or judged by yourteam makes this near impossible.

Straight from the horse’s mouth:“3 months on and I am a convert to coaching. We are morejoined up, enthused and empowered as a cohesivemanagement team celebrating individuals and sharing oursuccess. Thank you Lauren…” Director, Granite Search & Selection Ltd, London

Coaching is an essential part of forward thinking, successful,modern, pro-active companies. It's success is being seen allover the world and is becoming a huge part of modern daybusiness. My advice if you are lucky enough to be coached;give 100% of yourself, step out of your comfort zone, bevulnerable, be brave and open to learning. Finally enjoywatching yourself grow, gaining clarity and increasedfulfilment that comes with this very unique process.

Inspirational quote:

‘Information Age’(predominantly left brain) intothe ‘conceptual age’ (arisingequal use of left and right

brain). This is a brilliant bookfor anyone proactive, in life

and business, and interested inour most powerful tool - our

brains.

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For more information on The Leadership Bubble or a freeconsultation please visit www.theleadershipbubble.co.uk orcontact me at lauren@theleadershipbubble.co.uk

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all myfabulous clients and all the support I have received, thankyou! Lauren,Executive & Leadership Coach (CPCC)

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