The things that are keeping you up at night are most likely not unique to you. The particulars are yours and yours alone – but they probably fall into a category that has kept others awake watching that digital clock move oh-so-slowly from 3 am to 4am in the uncaring darkness. I am naturally very […]
This article appeared first on Forbes.com Do you get easily distracted from the task at hand? I do. My mind wanders. Writing this piece is, for me, a distraction from my client work. I didn’t plan it, it just seemed to get itself started. And hopefully reading it is a welcome distraction for […]
This article by Michael Pollock was first published on forbes.com Truly creative professionals are always searching for new ways to do better, more interesting work. It could be a promotion, a change of job, an evolution of their artistic style, an innovative technology, a new team, or new ways of thinking. Maybe they are even […]
Along with some other coaches I have contributed answers to Q+As on forbes.com Here are some of them: How a Personal Writing Practice Can Further Your Career Goals | onforb.es/1SFfXX4 How to Reach Out to An Industry Leader For Advice onforb.es/1pqesCb How to Find The Right Business Or Career Coach onforb.es/1RkK1Xo How to Capitalize on […]
Business owners can no longer command and control their employees. Today, it’s all about the team. [Article first published in Business Collective] The inherent complexity that underpins today’s digital products seems to have put an end to the age of the arrogant leader with the killer instinct. In past decades, it was this person who […]
I spend important time with clients framing their unique, specific and vivid story: the pitch for the gig that will get them where they want to go. This brief statement presents what they care about, what they have achieved and why a hirer should pay attention to them. It is written to express their passion […]
“Anthony. What is it you want to achieve here?” I had a fascinating conversation with a psychiatrist recently. While she was not focused on the creative professions, it seemed that many of her clients had similar issues to mine, and were stymied in their attempts to move forward. We found that we came at essentially […]
Email inundation is a particular issue for people who have made a leap forward in their careers and whose new roles expose them to vast new volumes of communications. The wonderful new “flat” org structures lead to everyone wanting to know everything that is going on. This does have some merit, as every little piece of design, strategy, tactics, execution […]
I scored some bonus material. At the show of Paul Rand’s design work at the Museum of the City of New York I stumbled into the end of Eli Kince’s FIT class visit. Prof Kince is clearly an inspirational teacher. I spoke to some of the students after he’d headed for the cafeteria and […]
I do a lot of my intensive coaching work on the telephone. I like doing it this way. There is a focus and an intensity to our work which is often missing when we sit in a room together looking at each other. Distractions are minimized. While I am happy to meet clients face to […]
I am no longer accepting coaching clients. Now under the name Peter Pollock, I narrate and record audiobooks – spies, FBI agents, LBGTQ teens, science futures, London gangs, Cockney rhyming slang – and stay tuned for vampires, werewolves and other beasties! Check out books narrated by Peter Pollock on Audible and visit peterpollockvoice.com
