Before setting up my own coaching practice full time I was employed in the training and development team of a multi-national company. One of the departments I particularly loved working with was the contact centre – the very nature of the work of a contact centre involves a lot of communication with people over the … Read more
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” (Marilyn Vos Savant)
“A gold medal is a nice thing – but if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.” (From the film “Cool Runnings”)
In this week’s guest post David Lurie shares five lessons for coaches: One String to the Bow: Five Lessons for the Two-Dimensional Coach By David Lurie I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of coaches over the last couple of years, and it has been striking about the differences between them. While many coaches … Read more
“Don’t compromise yourself – you are all you’ve got.” (Janis Joplin)
It’s possible that the scenario that you are coaching in is likely to partly influence the focus and perspective of how you judge a specific coaching session. If you are coaching where you are developing and practicing a specific ability in a training environment then perhaps you will use how you performed a specific technique, … Read more
On Mondays post a comment by Dave Doran asked my thoughts about using the question why. I thought Dave’s question was great and an interesting topic that deserved a post all of it’s own. So here are more thoughts: Some of you may have attended a training that has specifically taught you that in coaching … Read more
In this week’s guest post Dave Doran discusses some potential risks he sees in running a coaching business. Is Your Coaching Business at Risk? by Dave Doran Recently there has been much debate about the licensing and regulation of Coaching, bringing it into line with similar health-care professions such as Counselling and Psychotherapy. Although there … Read more