Dispatch from the [Internal Coaching] Front by Ian Flanders

Dispatch from the [Internal Coaching] Front by Ian Flanders

Ian Flanders
Internal Coaching, External references, supervision, Cases/Caselets

I recently took part in a group supervision meeting with a number of my fellow internal coaches. For the coaches it is an opportunity, once a quarter to come together and discuss our practices. My sense is that for all of us it is an opportunity to get help and support, learn from others’ experiences, and take strength from the community. During this meeting two of the group shared quite different dilemmas that were troubling them, 

“Rules of Thumb: My Own Coaching Heuristics” by Dr. Lilian Abrams, Ph.D., MBA, MCC

“Rules of Thumb: My Own Coaching Heuristics” by Dr. Lilian Abrams, Ph.D., MBA, MCC

Lilian Abrams
Practitioner Experience, self development, coaching style, CPPD, Con PPD

I have realized over my time as an executive coach (and prior to that, as an OD consultant) that I have assembled my own personal treasure box of what I call “heuristics”.  These are the pithy sayings, models, and go-to concepts that I have found useful in describing my meaning, in terms of providing a contribution to my client in that moment in our coaching conversation.  (Understanding the nature of that prompting urge is, I suspect, a topic for another blog-piece!)

Evaluating and enhancing the internal Job+ coach programme by Petra Macdougald

Evaluating and enhancing the internal Job+ coach programme by Petra Macdougald

Petra Macdougald
Internal Coaching, Professional Experience

In December 2016 I shared with you the benefits our internal Job+ coaching programme generates and how we worked in parallel with 5 internal full-time coaches and a pool of 13 Job+ coaches (colleagues who perform individual coaching in addition to their business tasks) to meet coaching demands. This way of working allows us to provide individual and team coaching as well as support leadership development.

The Accidental Coach OR "How I stumbled across coaching and discovered I was one" By Andrew Parrock (guest)

The Accidental Coach OR "How I stumbled across coaching and discovered I was one" By Andrew Parrock (guest)

Andrew Parrock
Practitioner Experience, Internal Coaching

Service - helping others.  There, I’ve said it. After much reflection and rummaging in my memory I’d sum up my approach to coaching with that one word.  Jeremy Bentham wrote, “Create all the happiness you are able to create.  Remove all the misery you are able to remove.”  And coaching is a powerful way of doing that.

Pursuing Professionalism and Rigor in Coaching; The usefulness of peer coaching for personal and professional development by Yvonne Thackray and Larissa Conte

Pursuing Professionalism and Rigor in Coaching; The usefulness of peer coaching for personal and professional development by Yvonne Thackray and Larissa Conte

Joint Authors
Practitioner Research, Practitioner Experience, Benefits writing

Coaching as we understand it today is part of an evolutionary process in elevating human potential. As societies continue to realize that each individual has greater potential to live beyond their limitations, coaching has tapped into that growing awareness while filling a gap left by the decline of lifelong structured developmental experiences like guilds, formal mentoring, and initiations.

Powerfully Handling Distractions by Katy Tuncer

Powerfully Handling Distractions by Katy Tuncer

Katy Tuncer
Professional Experience, Skills

Everyone faces a constant steam of opportunities to shift focus away from planned work. Some distractions are externally imposed and others just seem to pop up in the mind. Either way, badly handled distractions can lead to wasted time and frustration. How often do you end the day frustrated with what you have achieved or irritated with yourself for wasting time on the wrong things?

“Making sense of how we define a coaching approach – Part 3 : differentiating leaders taking a coaching approach from internal coaches” by Doug Montgomery and Laurent Terseur

“Making sense of how we define a coaching approach – Part 3 : differentiating leaders taking a coaching approach from internal coaches” by Doug Montgomery and Laurent Terseur

Joint Authors
Cases/Caselets, coaching style, Internal Coaching, Professional Experience, Benefits writing

In our first two blogs of this mini series we explored what it took for us as former leaders and managers to expand our existing range of styles by adding a more coaching approach, and shared what we felt were the related benefits and challenges that may be of value to others. 

Building my practice around self mentoring – especially when having had to self-mentor myself through some exciting challenges by Marsha Carr (guest)

Building my practice around self mentoring – especially when having had to self-mentor myself through some exciting challenges by Marsha Carr (guest)

Guest Author
Practitioner Experience

When I first wrote about self-mentoring five years ago, I was just beginning an interesting journey that chose me and has been leading the way ever since. I am the developer of the practice of self-mentoring. I own the registered trademark so by business standards, it belongs to me. It belongs to me because I lived it – I used self-mentoring to survive. I now run a successful start-up that focuses on the 

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