When people sign up for the “What to put in your coaching welcome pack”, 7 part e-course I invite them to share what other coaching or confidence topic they would like more information about. Some people share their answers, while others do not. The answers I do get can vary dramatically in length and topics … Read more
UPDATE March 3rd 17.40: An added comment You may have read Dave Doran’s guest post a few weeks ago that asked Is your coaching business was at risk? If you read that nice and early you may have missed the discussion that then took place in the comments section. As you will see as you … Read more
I recently had this question land in my inbox and I thought it was worthy of this weeks coaching related post. When I asked myself this question I came up with the several points about how I approach coaching, some of the beliefs I hold and how they impact this potential situation. I’ve included 7 … Read more
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
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
Several years ago I was attending an HR/training exhibition/conference. One of the exhibiters that I got speaking to was a company that specialised in coaching. Quickly this individual read my name label, which also had my then job title of a trainer. The very first question they asked me was do you use coaching, followed … Read more