Asking Difficult Coaching Questions by Jen Waller Today’s post is in response to a question I was asked. As a coach have you ever wanted to ask a client a difficult question? Did you actually ask the question or did you back away and ask something else instead? I’m not trying to say that in … Read more
In today’s guest post performance coach Anna-Marie Watson shares some of her experience and knowledge. Walking & Talking in Nature* By Anna-Marie Watson Do the following questions strike a chord for your clients or maybe just you? Working 11, 12, 13 or more hours a day cooped up inside and permanently attached to a computer? Struggling … Read more
In today’s guest post coach Jeannette Attryde shares an insight about coaching. Coaching “By the Book”? By Jeannette Attryde So much has been written about coaching. In fact, I did a search on Amazon.co.uk for books on coaching and it returned 43,367 results. If you narrow the search to just paperback books (to remove the duplication … Read more
In this weeks guest post leadership development coach Suzi McAlpine shares some of her expertise and experience. 3 Common Coaching Traps To Avoid By Suzi McAlpine Recently I was facilitating a workshop for an organisation that wanted its leadership team to become better coaches. And just FYI, big kudos to that company, for recognising the importance of … Read more
In today’s guest post Stacey van Gogh shares some of her personal experience and expertise: Use visualization techniques and the desired results will come By Stacey van Gogh My name is Stacey van Gogh and for almost 20 years of my life now I have been a personal fitness trainer and a marathon coach. I … Read more
Coach and leadership trainer Brian Lumsdon shares some of his experience, knowledge and a technique in today’s guest post. The two-minute confidence boost By Brian Lumsdon A few years ago I was blessed to study performance coaching with a brilliant trainer who I still model to this day and there was one aspect of his … Read more
Lawrence Michaels shares a technique in today’s guest post: The Power of Using Timelines by Lawrence Michaels I first came across using a timeline as a form of therapeutic and coaching intervention when I studied my NLP practitioner course a number of years ago. Since my training as a Hypnotherapist I frequently use the timeline … Read more
“The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet and hips straight and centred. If you are centred, you can move freely. The physical centre is your belly; if your mind is set there as well, you are assured of victory in any endeavour. “ (Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Akido)