Global Linguist

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Arpan Sharma, linguist

At an age when most struggle to learn more than 1 language, 10- year old Arpan Sharma has already picked up 11 languages.

Aside from English, Arpan speaks Hindi, which he picked up from his teacher parents, and, at school, he learnt Italian when he was seven, German at the age of eight, Spanish at nine, and French last term.

He also speaks Thai, Swahili, Polish, Chinese Mandarin and is currently studying the difficult Lugandan language of Uganda. Staff at the 560-pupil, fee-paying Blue Coat’s School in Edgbaston, Birmingham, described his talents as “extraordinary”.

At this rate, he will be more than well equipped to succeed in a global economy !

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Coaching Questions

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coaching, Peter Drucker

In coaching situations, I have used these questions attributed to the legendary Peter Drucker:-

1. What do I do as your manager and what does your Company do that helps you the most in your job?
2. What do I do as your manager and what does your Company do that hinders you the most in your job?
3. What can you do that will help me as your manager to do the best job for the Company?

These questions provoke thought and are useful to identify issues. As Drucker said these are obvious questions but rarely asked.