In today’s guest post coach Alison Reede shares some of her personal story and how that’s influenced her choice of coaching niche. Fertility Coaching By Alison Reede In 2010 my husband and I were told that we would never conceive naturally and that we would have to use assisted reproduction to conceive but there was … Read more
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” (Chinese proverb)
“We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.” (Max De Pree)
“Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.” (Leo Buscaglia)
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