If one of the reasons you love the outdoors is that it gives you
thinking time, then you might be on to something - executive coach
Peter Jackson uses walking with his high-powered clients as a crucial
element of his service.
Peter - pictured -
believes that many of his clients live so fast that there's no time
or space in their lives for reflection and consideration, in fact
their pace of life can be a way of avoiding thinking about difficult
issues and direction.
His answer is a one-to-one walk and talk with his clients along a
major trail.
'The walking,' he says, 'offers people the chance to slow down and
to think differently and to explore what matters to them.
'At the same time, the fact that they leave their start point
behind as they head towards their destination reflects the way that
it's a personal journey as well as an emotional one.'
The linearity of the walk mirrors the thinking and mental journey
they go on and taking them out of their normal environment gives them
perspective.
In fact the idea for 4mph, Peter's business, began as an
experiment to see whether people's environment made them think
differently and went from there. Of course it's not just walking, the
key to the coaching is the talking and thinking that goes along with
it, but Peter and his clients believe that the walk is what provides
the time and space to do that effectively and differently.
Nice idea, though you probably knew that already - more about 4mph
at www.4mph.com.
Ghastly Rubberfeet
