by Alison Gitelson | 5 Jan 2013 | Uncategorised
The other day my daughter described something in her life that sounded like a problem. When she finished I remained quiet, processing what she’d said. She then went on to say, “You don’t need to solve it, I just needed to say it.” I was quite relieved! I had been...
by Alison Gitelson | 6 Aug 2012 | Uncategorised
“You don’t look yourself,” was the greeting from a friend on meeting me for our final committee meeting of the year. “I am tired,” I replied. “The last couple of weeks I have just been chasing my tail and barely meeting deadlines.” As I said it, it struck me that this...
by Alison Gitelson | 29 Jul 2012 | Uncategorised
“Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time”. This is the subtitle of a book called “Fierce Conversations” that I am reading. Robustconversations are very important but I’d like to paraphrase Susan Scott and say “Achieving success at work...
by Alison Gitelson | 15 Jul 2012 | Uncategorised
A client in a senior management position recently came to me for a couple of sessions after being over looked for a promotion. Her boss told her that although she was highly qualified and did very good work, she “didn’t make her presence felt” in meetings or...
by Alison Gitelson | 20 Dec 2010 | Uncategorised
Yes I remember the Law of Conservation of Energy – ‘energy cannot be created or destroyed’ – but we can create personal energy, or decrease our personal energy. There are four types of energy – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. When we...
