by Shaju | May 24, 2022 | Others
I was excited to see a post from a person in the same profession and reached out. I was just into the profession and wanted to know more about the opportunities. My email was responded to promptly but the offer of my services was declined politely. But there was a...
by Shaju | May 20, 2022 | Students
“I want to use my time productively, not just sit with her and while my time” This was an interesting conversation with one of my Ph.D. student coachee, Sonja. She is a single mom of an inquisitive, busy-bee 3-year-old boy. Her priorities are clear, get...
by Shaju | May 11, 2022 | Faculty
This article will be in a series on how to understand your boss. The word boss here is a person who manages you than leads. All my context is in academics and my stories also. I was attending to my coaching client. She is a fully sponsored PhD candidate at a...
by Shaju | May 11, 2022 | Others
I was to meet my son at 8.50 am at the book store in his school. He has been trying hard to get his books and he could not. He finally asked me to come to persuade, beg, nudge the school people to give him books. We had all things ready, the credit card, as the school...
by Shaju | May 11, 2022 | Students
“Don’t expect more than what your client wants.” I learned this in the programme I enrolled to be a coach. I realised its importance rather later. Who are my clients? They are those who I am interested in and can assist to succeed, my kids, students, coachees and...
