Coaching Quote of the Day 27th May 2011
“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.” (Earl Gray Stevens)
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Chocolate Pudding and Coaching
My first full time jobs out of education were all in the hospitality industry. Working as a manager it was obvious that some waiting staff were taking more orders for desserts than others. One of the main differences between those who were selling more was with the way they were describing the desserts. For example, … Read more
Learning to be a great coach
I was having a conversation recently revolving around an underlying desire for this person to learn to be a great coach. Rather than write a post about one of the specific skills I think a great coach demonstrates I am going to focus more on how you can learn to be a great coach. How … Read more
Coaches, what question is your coaching client actually answering?
Imagine the following scenario: You have asked a straight forward and in your opinion perfectly crafted question to your coaching client. However, the answer you get is actually one that may have lots of words but didn’t actually answer the question you asked! As a coach there are many things that you can do in … Read more
Coaching Quote of the Day 8th March 2011
“Some man see things as they are and ask, why? I dream things that never were and ask why not?” (George Bernard Shaw)
As a coach, how are you judging if you are doing a good job?
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
Why, oh why, oh why?
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
What model of coaching do you employ?
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