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As a productivity specialist, whose watch-word is 'leverage', I am delighted to see reflective practice propelled into the mainstream. Cathy not only makes a powerful business and personal case for the efficacy of focused thinking but she also makes it instantly accessible with a practical toolkit. A must-read for the busy professional in search of better results amid the chaos and complexity of the twenty-first century workplace. -- Carol McLachlan, Head of Leadership, Manchester Airport Group After years of coaching clients for success, I have seen how those who know how to think reflectively develop that all-important edge needed to achieve their goals. To our good fortune, Cathy Lasher's book delivers the how-to of reflective thinking with a clear voice and all the tools you'll ever need. -- Dawn Lennon, author, Business Fitness: The Power to Succeed - Your Way Continuous learning is crucial for any manager's development. Cathy's coaching approach is instrumental in breaking dysfunctional patterns and reinforcing beneficial ones. This book translates her insights into a highly readable and practical guide to self-development. -- General Manager, leading European airline group It is increasingly recognised that focused thinking is an essential leadership skill. No longer are leaders seen to be silver bullet, supermen; a good leader takes time to reflect, to consult with others, to think, plan and learn. Indeed, in her book, Cathy quotes Harvard research (Di Stefano et al 2014) that demonstrates that 'as little as ten minutes of reflection brings significant improvements in learning and doing'. However, too many of us spent much of our lives being told what to think rather than being taught how to think. We don't know the skills of 'reflective practice'. This book changes all that. With EDGE-it, Cathy takes the reader though a journey of development. Drawing on masses of well-researched material into reflective practice, she has developed an accessible model for busy professionals. The book is packed full of exercises and rich examples that come from Cathy's many years as a consultant, coach and therapist. It is a pleasure to read and a real contribution to leadership skills. -- Professor Charlotte Sills, Ashridge Business School and Metanoia Institute, UK As a busy executive, I want to know what successful people do, and learn how to do it too. This book is packed with powerful examples and easy-to-do, impactful exercises. You can use it as a one-day self-coaching kit, and dip back into it over time. Learning to apply EDGE-it will really move things forward for you. -- Senior business executive

As a productivity specialist, whose watch-word is `leverage', I am delighted to see reflective practice propelled into the mainstream. Cathy not only makes a powerful business and personal case for the efficacy of focused thinking but she also makes it instantly accessible with a practical toolkit. A must-read for the busy professional in search of better results amid the chaos and complexity of the twenty-first century workplace. -- Carol McLachlan, Head of Leadership, Manchester Airport Group After years of coaching clients for success, I have seen how those who know how to think reflectively develop that all-important edge needed to achieve their goals. To our good fortune, Cathy Lasher's book delivers the how-to of reflective thinking with a clear voice and all the tools you'll ever need. -- Dawn Lennon, author, Business Fitness: The Power to Succeed - Your Way Continuous learning is crucial for any manager's development. Cathy's coaching approach is instrumental in breaking dysfunctional patterns and reinforcing beneficial ones. This book translates her insights into a highly readable and practical guide to self-development. -- General Manager, leading European airline group It is increasingly recognised that focused thinking is an essential leadership skill. No longer are leaders seen to be silver bullet, supermen; a good leader takes time to reflect, to consult with others, to think, plan and learn. Indeed, in her book, Cathy quotes Harvard research (Di Stefano et al 2014) that demonstrates that `as little as ten minutes of reflection brings significant improvements in learning and doing'. However, too many of us spent much of our lives being told what to think rather than being taught how to think. We don't know the skills of `reflective practice'. This book changes all that. With EDGE-it, Cathy takes the reader though a journey of development. Drawing on masses of well-researched material into reflective practice, she has developed an accessible model for busy professionals. The book is packed full of exercises and rich examples that come from Cathy's many years as a consultant, coach and therapist. It is a pleasure to read and a real contribution to leadership skills. -- Professor Charlotte Sills, Ashridge Business School and Metanoia Institute, UK As a busy executive, I want to know what successful people do, and learn how to do it too. This book is packed with powerful examples and easy-to-do, impactful exercises. You can use it as a one-day self-coaching kit, and dip back into it over time. Learning to apply EDGE-it will really move things forward for you. -- Senior business executive

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Cathy has been a university lecturer in reflective practice for the last few years. She is also an executive and business coach, and leadership development specialist, working with blue chip corporate clients and professional services firms, as well as public sector and not-for-profit clients. A businesswoman with wide experience over more than 20 years of helping enterprises improve their performance through enhancing the leadership capabilities of individuals, she combines robust academic skills in reflective thinking and formal qualifications as a chartered accountant and an MBA, with formal qualification as a relational psychotherapist and outstanding skills as a coach, facilitator and developer of talent. This combination enables her to offer a pragmatic business edge, underpinned by rigorous academic knowledge and solid psychological grounding.

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