May 17

May 17 Matching coaches with clients, the next evolution in Internal Coaching by Simon Dennis (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series, I reported on how external coaches have shifted their practice, as time has moved on, on refining their model and refining their offer so that they're offering something unique and specialist. Absolutely, it might restrict their market, I think though there's an element that says it makes you a better coach because you're dealing with your strengths and your unique offerings. Building on this focus of being a better coach, I apply this notion into the internal coaching context and its practical application with a proposed blueprint.

Apr 18

Apr 18 Matching coaches with clients, the next evolution in Internal Coaching by Simon Dennis (Part 1)

Simon Dennis

Org CC, Con PPD

If you recognize your strengths as a coach, if you know where you are at your best in a specific area/function, and If you’re aware of where your coaching produces substantially better results – it’s a strong platform, especially for an internal coach matching model.

Sep 21

Sep 21 Clarity: a core capability in my coaching practice by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Org CC, Con PPD, Benefits writing

As a coach I help my coachees, as a manager I help my team, in conversations I help my colleagues and in supervision I help my coaches do one thing above everything - achieve clarity. Above all else – a great coach I know, Simon North, says, ‘Clarity Wins’. I think that is the role of a manager. It's the role of a coach.

Capabilities trump expertise: I'm not the expert, I'm the coach. I'm not the expert, I'm the supervisor. I'm not the expert, I'm the manager. By Simon Dennis

Feb 24

Feb 24 Capabilities trump expertise: I'm not the expert, I'm the coach. I'm not the expert, I'm the supervisor. I'm not the expert, I'm the manager. By Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Coaching CS, Knowing coaching, Org CC, Practitioner Experience

In a business where you get new people joining an organization, very early on they are expecting to be told what to do, expecting to be given their next task, or expecting to be given their next strategy – they are expecting the answers. People who are leading the business are expected to have all the answers.

Sep 9

Sep 9 Exploring quality and regulation in coaching by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Con PPD, Benefits writing

It's an interesting parallel because in some industries, deregulation or lack of regulation at all enables people to make choices about what's good, what's bad. You would hope that the good remain and the bad gets sifted out. I think coaching's one of those things where the quality of coaching can have a knock on impact - that can have a lasting effect.

Apr 1

Apr 1 Benefits of internal coaching, and its future by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Org CC

The internal coaching program I belong to has been running over a decade: it’s managed to ride the waves of change and keep its presence alive. The value of developing coaches as part of the organization was driven from a member of the leadership team with genuine enthusiasm and passion.

Oct 1

Oct 1 Supervision is the collective learnings shared amongst peers by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Practitioner Experience, Internal Coaching, supervision, CPPD, Con PPD

Given the nature of coaching, and its close links and historical alignment to therapy, I can understand why the need for supervision became a hot topic. In the early days it was very simple just to build on the model,

Jun 11

Jun 11 Passing ownership and responsibility with a non-directive style of coaching by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Practitioner Experience, Cases/Caselets, Internal Coaching, coaching style, relating/relationship

My style of management and coaching can best be described as non-directive. Over time my roles have evolved to become more strategic than tactical, more management than operational. Partly it was about always seeking consensus – usually by asking questions – rather than telling somebody how something could be better. Partly it was also because I didn’t

May 23

May 23 "How I used a coaching approach at work to build on and add value to how the system works" by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Practitioner Experience, Cases/Caselets, Internal Coaching, Org CC

Mar 15

Mar 15 “How do our moods encroach on our coaching relationships, and help us to become a good coach” by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis

Practitioner Experience, Internal Coaching

Feb 13

Feb 13 Having coaching conversations in organisations: focusing on the individual to move beyond stereotypes by Simon Dennis (guest)

Guest Author

Practitioner Experience, Real Coaching challenges, culture, Internal Coaching, Org CC

Nov 9

Nov 9 Being genuinely interested in you: My pathway into coaching by Simon Dennis (guest)

Guest Author

Internal Coaching, Practitioner Experience, CPPD, Con PPD

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