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One Simple Trick to Building Instant Connection (Hint: It's Their Name)
I walked into the restaurant on a drizzly afternoon and explained that we couldn’t book a table online. I asked if they could reserve a...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 22, 20242 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Oct 21, 20240 min read


#FortuneCookieFriday
Be brave and push on through #FortuneCookieFriday

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 18, 20241 min read


Impostor Syndrome Still Showing Up? Here’s What To Do
Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on the difference between my Inner Critic and Impostor The Inner Critic can be a useful guide...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 17, 20242 min read


The best things I learned in Training: Spray and Pray
"Spray and Pray" is where the trainer haphazardly sprays information and facts around the training room and prays that some of it...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 16, 20241 min read


The Impostor and the Inner Critic
Recently, during a supervision session for my coaching practice, I was asked what made me choose my particular topic. As the...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 15, 20241 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Oct 14, 20240 min read


#FortuneCookieFriday
Challenge accepted?

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 11, 20241 min read


Elevating Complexity (How do you build a reputation?)
The old school way to build a reputation was to "let your good work speak for itself". And for some that worked, for many it did not So...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 10, 20242 min read


The best things I learned in training: Dealing with a drawback
A drawback is encountered where your product or service does not meet the needs of the customer Your client might require local invoicing...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Work-Life Balance (WLB)
Lots of people talk about balancing home life and work life. Some reframe to call it work life integration. But almost all the narrative...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 8, 20241 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Oct 7, 20240 min read


#FortuneCookieFriday
In opposites we find insight.. where can you be soft this weekend?

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Father’s Day
I used to laugh at these when I saw them in stores, and then I received one... Being a Dad is the biggest role you can take. The hours...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 3, 20241 min read


The Best things I learned in Training: Gap and gain
When you think about your life, career even the projects you work on do you focus on the gap or the gain? Gap Thinking involves focusing...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 2, 20241 min read


Beginners Mindset
I recently asked "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" and I've been reflecting on that as I read more and more...

Andrew J Calvert
Oct 1, 20241 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Sep 30, 20240 min read


#FortuneCookieFriday
A nudge for a little more silence in our search for wisdom this weekend!

Andrew J Calvert
Sep 27, 20241 min read


The Backwards Bicycle
Is a brilliant video that articulates an idea that it is really really really hard to unlearn something... The implications for leaders,...

Andrew J Calvert
Sep 26, 20241 min read


The best things I learned in training: The Three Dimensions of Service
When you are interacting with a client every interaction takes place within the 3 dimensions of service The Business dimension The Human...

Andrew J Calvert
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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