After nearly forty years of driving, I had never had any traffic offences, not even a speeding ticket. That was until this summer!

Whether you’re a driver, a leader or both, you are never far from coming unstuck by making assumptions about how to deal with what looks like a familiar situation.

There are many reasons for seeing a coach, not all of them driven by the person being coached. One of the keys to making coaching work for you is your level of motivation.

Here I compare three reasons: The Prescription, The Package and Purpose.

“Versatile managers are consistently regarded as the most effective leaders in their organisations.”

If this conclusion on research is true, then why wouldn’t you want to become more versatile as a leader?

I regularly walk my dog in Coventry’s War Memorial Park. Though not as famous as New York's Central Park, it's the closest thing Coventry has to it - well-loved and well-used by the local community.

But going to the same place pretty much every day can, quite frankly, be boring. Sound familiar?

I'm sure that many of you, like me, have returned from your holiday this summer and looked at your home with a fresh pair of eyes. Maybe it’s much clearer to you which room you should decorate first or you’ve finally found the motivation to start that building or garden project you’ve been thinking about.