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...
by Shaju | May 11, 2022 | Faculty
“Is it real, can I be fired? I just said no to a task given to me.” asked my colleague. I assured him that declining a task cannot be grounds to fire. Was I right? I grew up in an Indian culture, akin to other Asian culture. Finish your education and get your job....
