Laughing babies

This was originally published as a bonus article in the Coaching Confidence weekly email during February 2011. To start getting your very own copy each week enter your details under “Don’t miss a thing!” to the right of this page. Laughing babies You may have seen a YouTube clip of a baby laughing as his … Read more

The Coaching Aha!

In this week’s guest post Lenny Deverill-West shares how he has been practically incorporating other teachings into his own work with clients. The Coaching Aha! By Lenny Deverill-West I’m sure we have all had those coaching genius moments where we do some work with a client and they have an ‘Aha’ moment, and they light … Read more

Coaching and motivating clients, part one

Last week’s coaching post was “What do you do if you get “stuck” in a coaching session?” This week I want to start to talk about a specific situation that may generate that feeling of being stuck – how to motivate a client. Today’s post is in direct response to a request for “Statements to … Read more

What are you focusing upon?

This was originally published as a bonus article in the Coaching Confidence weekly email during April 2011. To start getting your very own copy each week enter your details under “Don’t miss a thing!” to the right of this page. What are you focusing upon? One of the shows on Sunday evening British TV at … Read more

Parallel conversations and coaching

Coach Liz Scott shares her expertise and knowledge in today’s guest post. Parallel conversations and coaching by Liz Scott What’s a parallel conversation? Let me give you an example. The other day I was meeting a friend for coffee at ‘Marsh Mills Sainsbury’s. She was late – so I thought I’d give her a call. … Read more

What do you do if you get “stuck” in a coaching session?

I often see or hear those new to coaching either ask directly or voice a fear about not knowing what to do if they get “stuck” in a coaching session. For the purposes of this post I’m going to interpret “stuck” as having no idea what to do next. If this is a fear that … Read more

“It’s life Jim, but not as we know it”

This was originally written for the Coaching Confidence Weekly email in December 2010. “It’s life Jim, but not as we know it” I was watching online last night live as NASA held a press conference. I’ve not studied science since leaving education so if you want a scientific explanation of what their announcement was then … Read more

The warm up is complete… It is time for the main event!

Performance coach Marie Yates shares her expertise in this week’s guest post. The warm up is complete… It is time for the main event! by Marie Yates When something isn’t going quite as you planned what do you do? Do you give up, feeling despondent and as if the whole world is against you? Or … Read more