May 4

May 4 From Me to We: How TRUST became the enabling psychological power for a leader in initiating change by Dagmar Boettger

Trust is ONE key to good collaboration, especially in times of crisis. We feel how important it is to have a good team spirit and a willingness to endure that is often driven by people's trust in their leader.

Apr 20

Apr 20 Stories that Need to be Told: Career Dilemmas: When the ‘right’ path is the wrong fit by Lisa M. Evans and Martin Richards (Guests)

Joint Authors

Benefits writing, Org CC, Coaching CS

This is the second in a series of blogs where Martin Richards (a Certified Coach) has been interviewing Lisa M Evans, Ed.D. (an Experienced Educator) about situations from her experience, working as a teacher and administrator, focusing on which coaching skills that would have benefited her in those situations.

Mar 31

Mar 31 “You’re not listening to me!” –How to listen and hear what's being said by Epimetheus

Epimetheus

Coaching CS, Org CC

I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to a series of training events for registered Civil Service coaches. This event was called ‘The Power of Listening’. It was an informative and practical workshop and it motivated me to summarise what I learned and how it relates to my experience of coaching in this blog.

Mar 2

Mar 2 Empowering course participants following a systemic reality check-in by Martin Richards

Martin Richards

Coaching CS, Benefits writing

This is the third in a series of blogs that examines the ways in which a coach-educator manages the external and internal struggles that arise from taking on challenging educational assignments.

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.

Feb 3

Feb 3 Stories that Need to be Told: Useful coaching skills for any unprepared professional by Lisa M. Evans and Martin Richards (Guests)

Joint Authors

Benefits writing, Org CC, Coaching CS

This is the first of a series of blogs where Martin Richards (a Certified Coach) has been interviewing Lisa M Evans, Ed.D. (an Experienced Educator) about situations from her experience, working as a teacher and administrator, and focusing on which coaching skills that would have benefited her in those situations.

Jan 13

Jan 13 Collaborating with my inner voices on the potential of delivering purposeful work by Martin Richards (Guest)

Martin Richards

Coaching CS, Benefits writing

This is the second in a series of blogs that examines the ways in which I, as a coach-educator, handle the external and internal struggles of taking on challenging educational assignments. But, it's not working out. There have been challenges. Resistance, from the trainers, is increasing.

Nov 25

Nov 25 From Unemployment to Self-leadership, in three days by Martin Richards (Guest)

Guest Author

Coaching CS, Benefits writing

This is the first of a series of blogs that examines the strategies an independent coach-educator can use to handle the external and internal struggles that arise when taking on a challenging education assignment in a less-than-optimal setting. My name is Martin, I have worked as a teacher for many years, especially with so-called challenging students, from whom I realize, I have learned the most about teaching.

Technology doesn't turn ideas into value - people do! The people side of innovation: What to learn about hidden barriers from a coach by Dagmar Boettger (guest)

Oct 20

Oct 20 Technology doesn't turn ideas into value - people do! The people side of innovation: What to learn about hidden barriers from a coach by Dagmar Boettger (guest)

Guest Author

Coaching CS

With so much talk on technology, blockchain, industry 4.0 and digital transformation, I want to make sense of the non-tech side of innovation: people.

Digital innovation projects are needed, Yes! Digital transformation needs design thinking: Yes! Digital innovations mean APPs and new tech, yes I agree.

“I’m Your Boss, Let’s Collaborate Like Equals”: A Case Study on the Tension between a Manager’s Authority and Collaboration By Lilian Abrams, PhD, MBA, MCC

Jun 23

Jun 23 “I’m Your Boss, Let’s Collaborate Like Equals”: A Case Study on the Tension between a Manager’s Authority and Collaboration By Lilian Abrams, PhD, MBA, MCC

Lilian Abrams

Coaching CS

In a recent coaching conversation, a senior-level female executive, Angela*, raised the topic of the tension she was experiencing between encouraging a subordinate to be collaborative, and that person’s respect for her authority.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Managing with care the boundaries between coaching and counselling by Sally East

Sally East

Prof CC, Coaching CS

It is useful to start a discussion referring to coaching and counselling with some kind of working definitions.

Feb 4

Feb 4 Finding alternative ways to capture feedback in coaching: Drawing insights from student trainings by Grace Siu (Guest)

Guest Author

Practitioner Experience, Knowing coaching, Coaching CS

In coaching, capturing the insights following each, or series of sessions, can be quite challenging. Drawing on from my work of using technology as part of the trainings I provide to students, I hope there are some insights that can be considered and applied in this space.

Jan 8

Jan 8 The Client-Coach “Winning” Journey by Aubrey Rebello

Aubrey Rebello

Practitioner Experience, Coaching CS

For clients who have had the opportunity to experience executive coaching, these dedicated one-on-one programs are now considered to be one of the most important developmental inputs for CEOs, Business Heads and Senior Executives in South East Asia.

May 15

May 15 "Using intuition wisely? That’s quite a journey..." by Claire Sheldon (guest)

Guest Author

Practitioner Experience, Coaching CS

May 10

May 10 What do you do when Inquiry doesn’t work? by Alan Robertson

Alan Robertson

Practitioner Experience, Coaching CS

Apr 24

Apr 24 "Dispatch from the [Internal Coaching] Front" by Ian Flanders

Ian Flanders

Internal Coaching, Professional Experience, Coaching CS

Apr 4

Apr 4 “Listening is foundational to living your truth” by Larissa Conte

Larissa Conte

Practitioner Research, Coaching CS

Nov 29

Nov 29 “What did I leave unsaid?” Coaching reflections from the well of unease by Alan Robertson (guest)

Guest Author

Real Coaching challenges, Practitioner Experience, learning, Coaching CS

the good coach is a coaching knowledge platform for a community of sophisticated coaching practitioners to learn and share their professional insights and personal reflections of how coaching works for them in their market.