The TV was on in a room I was in the other day and it was showing a daytime TV programme which involved 3 interior designers and antique experts each buying a house gift for a specific family. Each expert had a different monetary amount to spend buying their gift. The family can only choose … Read more
So Monday was October 31st, otherwise known as Halloween. A day associated with fancy dress, trick or treating and scary stories and films. Perhaps not a day you associate much with coaching! One thing I’ve noticed with clients and myself, over the years, is that we can be exceptionally good at scaring ourselves – we … Read more
Don’t keep your coaching to yourself! I think it is such a waste that I keep talking to individuals who have developed their coaching skills and knowledge yet are not doing anything with them. They have fallen in love with coaching but are afraid to take that next step by working with a “real person” … Read more
I’m seeing an increase in the number of people arriving at this site looking for answers on a variation on the question, who is uncoachable? Because this is the wording that is being used in the questions and searches, for clarity I’ll stick to that language throughout this post. I will however, highlight that the … Read more
As a coach there will no doubt be occasions when you introduce something new to a client, either a new concept or exercise. Today’s post invites you to consider the language you are using to do that. When I was employed as an in house trainer in the corporate world, I remember being involved in … Read more
Prior to university I remember taking part in a local charity fundraising team quiz. A question on history came up and I recall saying to one of the other older team members – “you’ve got a degree in history, what’s the answer?” Looking back I’m pretty certain that my belief system was that to get … Read more
Have you ever wondered about the choice of language that many coaches use? One of the ones I particularly like is the choice that many coaches (along with other practitioners) choose to use – having a coaching practice. This is not going to be a post about how not thinking of a coaching practice as … Read more
A question I see and hear from time to time is a variation of the question – how do you know what homework to set your clients? For the ease of consistency I am going to use the label homework through this piece but will also add that for some clients and niches such a … Read more