Total Turnaround

Sometimes it may be necessary to go beyond being a facilitator to improve aspects of performance. The author gives an example. Kim Gregory Jane Coomber’s report (“How to… get the most from 360- degree feedback”, Coaching at Work, volume 2, issue 3)  offers valuable...

What people want

A letter of appreciation with comments on the state of coaching now. Janine Waldman I was pleased to see your article on solution-focused coaching (“Lost and found”, Coaching at Work, volume 2, issue 4) and  appreciated the comprehensive and balanced way this approach...

Guiding Lights

Questions why line managers, who deliver most of the coaching, are given little training in how to do it. Looks at the difference between ‘having a chat’ and a coaching session Carole Pemberton Line managers deliver the majority of coaching in organisations today. So...

Life as you know it

The author looks at whether ‘soul-searching’ should be a part of coaching by using the thoughts of well-known writers in the field David Megginson Should coaches encourage clients to consider what their life purpose is? David Megginson of the Coaching and Mentoring...

Stuck in the mud

The authors explain how to help a new CEO weigh up some difficult problems and come to a rational decision. Zoe Gruhn and Jo Reynolds A newly appointed CEO of a major services business urgently needs to re-establish its flagging market share. He feels major surgery is...