Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach | Since 1996
Coaching for ambitious creative professionals
Having taken a few steps into the New Year and received some great suggestions about what you'd like me to write about in 2008, I'll pause for a moment to give you an update on some old projects and …
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Photo by judepics: Planet Greenwich (home of Wishful Thinking) Thank you for reading Wishful Thinking in 2007. It's been great fun writing it and connecting with so many interesting and creative …
My last post looked at How Not to Give Feedback on Creative Work, with an example of breathtaking clumsiness from the Emperor in Amadeus. To recap, this is how the Emperor made a pig's ear of …
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Giving feedback on creative work is a tricky challenge, for two main reasons: Artists and creatives identify very closely with their work When a creative worker puts a piece of work in front of …
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The Business Coaching series is now available to download as a free ebook Creative Management for Creative Teams. Following on from Key Coaching Skills in the Introduction to Business Coaching …
Excellent piece by the experienced creative director Gary Sharpen in this week's Campaign, on the issue of hiring and developing young creative talent. He relates how a creative director at a top …
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