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February/March 2013

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philosophical nature What do you love most about living in Auckland? I like the diversity of a big city. I love being by the water and the Hauraki Gulf inspires me - we have a place on Great Barrier Island which I adore. But so much of the practical side of Auckland underwhelms – the public transport for starters and over the years so many beautiful buildings have been pulled down. Describe yourself in three words: Honest, Investigative, Creative What are your hobbies? Fishing, Mahjong, Writing and Blogging (www.theWTFProject.com),Vegetable gardening, Stand Up Paddle Boarding. What was your first job? Part time - Snowfreeze girl at Woolworths when I was 14 Full time - I was the office junior at an advertising agency at 18. How are you pushing yourself to think in new ways … 'outside the box'? My whole life is about living this way. My blog www.theWTFProject.com records my progress – my guest blogger, niece Jenna does the Music section to make sure I listen to new sounds. I am always searching and interviewing for new inspirations, and I have a "play up' section which challenges me to do new stuff every week. When did you make the change to be self-employed? When I had my daughter 17 years ago. I was Managing Partner of an Ad Agency, she was being brought in for breast feeding. I would get home at 6.30 pm, tired. And to top it off, I had to 'apply for holiday leave' through some young person in accounts. I thought to myself – someone else seems to be driving my life. What is the greatest barrier women in business face? And how can we overcome this? Self-limiting beliefs, so I recommend working in partnership with an executive coach! How can corporates retain top female clients? Simplistically, for all to admit and appreciate that women are different from men. I wish more women would admit to this. Women are not the same as men. They are not better or worse. They are wired differently. Can you talk about how ego can get in the way of effective coaching? Well 'ego' is about sense of self and it's where judgment of yourself and others sits. This sense of self is constructed from past experiences. Coaching is about looking and moving ahead. Often people have very set beliefs and judgments about themselves, others and how the world works. So building self-awareness is critical to help one become transcend ego and become an observer. As an executive coach, what is the most common question you are asked? "What do you do?" People do not really understand how coaching works and mistake it for mentoring or counseling. Coaching is a forward focused change partnership that supports people to be and achieve what they want. Sometimes they need help defining just what it is they do want, but the answer lies within the client not the Coach. Coaching unlocks your potential to optimize your performance in any area. How does the critical, selfsabotaging internal voice (the voice of self-doubt or lack of believing) limit your clients? They choose to follow it even though they know it's an imaginary voice in their head. Clients learn how to turn the volume down. "I am interested in the philosophical nature of who we are and how this is expressed in all realms including work." www.h e rmagaz in e .co.n z | 27

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