Coaching Train to gain

In part one of our two-part special report on coach training, Liz Hall examines the overall trends in coach education and development. What’s on offer and where can you go to get it in a growing and often confusing market? The answers are here. If the sense of...

Out of the dark

Continuing our series looking at coaching tools and techniques, Coaching at Work road-tests the Hogan Development Survey. The tool What is it? Psychological Consultancy Ltd (PCL) first published the UK edition of the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) 10 years ago. The...

Welcome to my world

David Wagstaff, visiting research associate at Sheffield Hallam University’s Coaching and Mentoring Unit, discovers the importance of listening to world views, no matter how unique. “Through narratives, selves and worlds are simultaneously and interactively made. The...

Coaches weather recession

By Helen Slingsby Coaching is proving highly resilient to the current recession, with more than a third of coaches saying their business has grown during the downturn. Despite arguably the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, a further 36 per cent of coaches say...

News-in-brief: II

Eric Parsloe: EMCC leading light is busier than ever Eric Parsloe, who has just retired, may speak his mind, but one thing is for sure. The co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and founder of the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring is...