Are we overly optimistic?

By Anne Scoular  Is coaching recession-proof? The OECD’s grim projections last November warned of worse ahead, but coaching has proved resilient and coaches are pretty positive about 2010, our survey of more than 500 shows. Some 56 per cent expect growth in their...

Seeing is believing

The special report on coach training (‘Train to Gain’) makes great and heart-warming reading. It is very good news that agreement is emerging among leaders in the field about what coaching is there to do. The other factor that gave cause for delight is that more and...

Child’s play

by Ian Day As people – and as practitioners – we never stop learning. Even a toddler can teach you about coaching My young daughter wants to do everything herself. One day her Fimbles radio needed new batteries. I fetched a screwdriver and new batteries ready to get...

Book reviews – Volume 5, Issue 1

  Title Further Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring Author David Megginson and David Clutterbuck Publisher Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN 978 1 856 174992 Usefulness 4/5 Produced as a companion to Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring, 2005, this new text incorporates...