Jan 24

Jan 24 TOWARDS MY PERSONAL MODEL OF COACHING-and how you might find your own model (Part 2) by Andrew Parrock

What this article is about is ‘approaches to coaching’, with the big exception that you don’t have to part with any money. On the other hand, you may have to pay in another currency; the effort of hard thinking and coming up with your own answers. I hope that is an acceptable compromise. I explored in part 1 the various approaches a coach can learn their craft and journey so far, and in part 2, as a reflexive practitioner I attempt to articulate my personal model of coaching that generates the results that my clients find most beneficial to them.

Jan 17

Jan 17 TOWARDS MY PERSONAL MODEL OF COACHING-and how you might find your own model (Part 1) by Andrew Parrock

Andrew Parrock

Coaching CS, Con PPD, CPPD

What this article is about is ‘approaches to coaching’, with the big exception that you don’t have to part with any money. On the other hand, you may have to pay in another currency; the effort of hard thinking and coming up with your own answers. I hope that is an acceptable compromise. Part 1: Explores the various approach a coach can learn their craft.

Mar 27

Mar 27 Confidence and Coaching: The growth of my confidence as a coach and the neuroscience behind that. Part 3

Andrew Parrock

Coaching CS, Con PPD, Knowing coaching

In part 3 I will examine how trustworthy our self-awareness is, and how knowing that might lead to greater confidence for both coach and client, in three key lessons;

Metacognition can be misleading
Self-awareness is less common than we think
Metacognition has causal power.

Mar 14

Mar 14 Confidence and Coaching: The growth of my confidence as a coach and the neuroscience behind that. Part 2

Andrew Parrock

Con PPD, Org CC, Knowing coaching

In Part 1 I examined the underlying mechanisms that lead to the external manifestation of confidence in someone, as seen by others AND the internal realisation that I have confidence in what I am doing. In Part 2 I will build on Part 1 and examine how we might use the knowledge from Part 1 to help us become better coaches.

Feb 27

Feb 27 Confidence and Coaching: The growth of my confidence as a coach and the neuroscience behind that. Part 1 by Andrew Parrock

Andrew Parrock

Knowing coaching, Con PPD

I remember when I first discovered that I had been accidentally coaching. I had been mentoring people, and often used a technique that I had used as a teacher; asking questions to get my student to think for themselves and reach their own conclusions. I knew this worked, from practical experience, but did not know that this technique was central to coaching. I was confident in my approach, knowing how and when to use it.

May 23

May 23 The Novel Coach- What coaching and writing novels have in common (part two) by Andrew Parrock.

Andrew Parrock

Con PPD, Benefits writing

In part one I described how it came to be (add link) and explored the similarities of the framework and mindset a coach and an author (the ‘being’), looking at Contracting and Researching, and Show don’t tell. The final three of the five things that the practice of coaching and the practice of novel writing have in common are;· Getting the reader/client to do the work; Having patience with the unfolding story; Flow state; being ‘in the zone’. I will describe what they feel like for both my coaching practice and my creative novel writing and focus on the internal and external processes for coaching-writing (the ‘doing’).

Apr 28

Apr 28 The Novel Coach- What coaching and writing novels have in common (part one) by Andrew Parrock

Andrew Parrock

Con PPD, Benefits writing

This blog looks at some similarities I have seen between coaching and novel writing, as my experience in these two activities has grown over the last six years. It’s such a strange idea that I feel I must describe how it came to be, so that you can make sense of it.

Applying metacognition with some possible implications for our coaching practice and a practical development tool for continuous development to better serve our clients (Part 2) by Andrew Parrock

Mar 7

Mar 7 Applying metacognition with some possible implications for our coaching practice and a practical development tool for continuous development to better serve our clients (Part 2) by Andrew Parrock

Andrew Parrock

Knowing coaching, Con PPD

My ultimate aim as a coach is to help my clients develop so that they become able to a) Address their issues by themselves, and b) Reflect on what they do by understanding themselves better.

Feb 28

Feb 28 Metacognition: thinking about thinking in the context of my coaching practice (Part 1) by Andrew Parrock

Andrew Parrock

Knowing coaching, Con PPD

What does a coach DO? Not the detailed, minute-by-minute activity that happens during a coaching session, but the big ‘what am I working for my client to achieve’ picture.

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