Jul 20

Jul 20 The one and only lasting result of a Coaching programme by Maria Biquet

I am a Coach and a thinker and the best thing I can do is to question everything. It is probably the only way to maintain a clear view on the events and understand them as facts before we classify them in our thinking as patterns or phenomena.

Jul 13

Jul 13 Micro-observations of how space informs my style of coaching by Yvonne Thackray

Yvonne Thackray

Con PPD, Prof CC

Feedback is especially useful to further understand how I am developing my coaching style and approach. From my clients’ feedback, there is a general acknowledgement to my depth and breadth of knowledge, understanding of coaching, and how I flexibly apply it to meet my client’s challenges.

Jul 6

Jul 6 Contracting for CAM: Setting up the working relationship to have meaningful conversations by Epimetheus

Epimetheus

Con PPD, Org CC

When people are thinking about being mentored or coached, they are really nervous about what could happen if they and their mentor or coach don’t get on. This, I think, is entirely natural.

Jun 22

Jun 22 Being in the right state to help both our clients and ourselves to take care of each other in coaching by Keiko Shinohara

Keiko Shinohara

Con PPD

After a decade of delivering executive coaching, I still enjoy and love coaching. I am also more aware and sensitive to my state so if I'm feeling dreadful, feeling like that this is really something that I can't do, then that's when I wouldn't proceed.

May 18

May 18 What can coaching and mentoring (CAM) do for people? By Epimetheus

Epimetheus

Con PPD, Org CC

I’d like to describe what coaching and mentoring (CAM) are and why I think that they are something that everyone should have access to. My conviction lies in my personal experience of being coached and mentored, and of being a coach and mentor.

Mar 23

Mar 23 A world apart......Where is home by Anne Welsh

Anne Welsh

Con PPD

For those of you who have read the previous articles in ‘A World Apart’ you may remember I wrote that the ‘transformational journey’ is a journey back to your Self. I also considered what is Self. We all operate out of different parts of ourselves and in psychosynthesis, parts are referred to as subpersonalities.

Mar 9

Mar 9 Volunteering as a Coach is good. Doing harm to the coaching profession is bad by Maria Biquet

Maria Biquet

Con PPD, Prof CC

Volunteerism is a core activity of Coaching Organisations that offer pro bono coaching to communities and people in need and project teams with a (usually humanistic) purpose.

Oct 6

Oct 6 Coaching vs. Educational Remediation: are they one in the same or polar opposites? by Alisha Strickland (Guest)

Guest Author

Org CC, Con PPD

Recently, I have begun to ask myself, what are the parallels and distinctions between coaching and Educational Remediation. I was reflecting on my experience at a local elementary school, in which I held as a position as a Remediation Professional.

Sep 30

Sep 30 Executive Coaching: When I asked, “How are you sleeping?” by Aubrey Rebello

Aubrey Rebello

Con PPD

Throughout my career as a practicing manager, I have held few core beliefs; which I would summarize as:

Do what You Say and Say what You Do
If you are not able to Measure It, you are not going to possibly Do It either
Questions need to be Simple to get Good Answers and Great Actions

I carry these beliefs into my coaching style.

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.

Jun 11

Jun 11 From Contract to Contact - Part II: Relational contracting at work by Claire Sheldon

Claire Sheldon

Con PPD, Benefits writing

In my last blog I wrote about the shift that’s transformed my beliefs about contracting. I had an elegant metaphor for the work – artist Mark Dion’s beautiful, spacious, liberating installation, Library for the Birds – and shared my transformative journey. And so what? How am I translating that metaphor and my ‘change in mind’ (p153, Creaner, 2011) into contracting practice? Where is there still work to be done? And how is contracting adding value to my client relationships? Actions speak louder than words…

May 21

May 21 Being an integrative practitioner: moving beyond the separations of coaching and counselling, by Kate McGuire (Guest)

Guest Author

Con PPD

For a while now I have considered myself to be an integrative practitioner - someone who draws on both coaching and therapeutic methodologies in the service of my clients. But what do I actually mean by that?

May 6

May 6 Working as an independent coach with loyalty, objectivity and authenticity, by Sally East

Sally East

Con PPD, Benefits writing, Prof CC

I’ve been thinking about loyalty, in my life as well as in coaching. To start with I explored coaching through authenticity, and the idea of how centred we are within our roles in my first piece with the good coach, and I’m now expanding that to encompass what it means with regard to how loyal we are to our employers.

Apr 29

Apr 29 Narcissistic Client – Narcissistic Coach: recognize them, refer them, avoid them! by Maria Biquet

Maria Biquet

Con PPD, Knowing coaching

Narcissism is a topic that continually bubbles at the surface for Coaching, Psychotherapy and Leadership. If you do a quick search on the internet you’ll find millions and millions of articles and documentation on the subject.

Apr 22

Apr 22 Starting with silence: extending my services to include executive coaching specialising in communication by Malcolm Andrews (Guest)

Guest Author

Prof CC, Con PPD

After more than a decade developing and delivering management skills training, I’ve recently extended my practice to provide Executive Coaching. An early experience with a Coachee started me thinking about the potential benefits of combining both disciplines.

Apr 16

Apr 16 From Contract to Contact - Part I: The Transformation by Claire Sheldon

Claire Sheldon

Con PPD, Benefits writing

For as long as I can remember – and I’ve been coaching a long time – I’ve disliked what I’ve labelled contracting. I’ve dealt with my discomfort by shrugging and saying: I don’t do contracting well. And I’ve got away with it. Or rather, I’ve got away with it until now…

Mar 25

Mar 25 How existential philosophy shaped my coaching practice by Yannick Jacob [Guest]

Guest Author

Knowing coaching, Con PPD

The following series is a result of conversations with Yvonne Thackray to explore existentialism and what it can add to coaching. Transcripts have been edited in a joint effort to both share and introduce existentialism, an exciting philosophy to practicing coaches, which has enabled Yannick develop his coaching practice.

Feb 11

Feb 11 Coaching from the top of mountains: how we choose an environment and transform it into a coaching space by Simon Darnton

Simon Darnton

Practitioner Experience, Prof CC, Con PPD

I've always been interested in how we create the right coaching environment for our coachees and especially how we can use that space to add even more value to our work. This summer I had some experiences that have made me think differently about the coaching space.

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