Women on the edge

Catherine Sandler and Kate Lanz work with executives on the borders of coachability. Some even have to be dragged to sessions. But shying away from a challenge just isn’t in these coaches’ joint nature, especially in such turbulent times, discovers Liz Hall It’s...

Does rhyme spell reason?

by David Megginson What can we learn from how others see the world? This new column peers through different lenses, exploring how ideas and perspectives might be woven into coaching and mentoring. A poem can invoke strong feelings in its readers – coaching would do...

France mentors women at the top

A French cross-company mentoring programme modelled on the UK’s FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme is gathering momentum, fuelled by new government legislation. In January, President Sarkozy announced that French listed companies will be subject to quotas...

E-newsletter

Welcome to the February issue of the newsletter It seems the tide could be turning towards regulation of coaches in the UK – at least this is the suggestion of some of the voting we’re seeing on our online polls (see Stop Press). It could be a long time before...

No more taboo on trust

By Liz Hall We need to remove the taboo about talking about trust – the helping professions have a role to play in ensuring this happens. This was one of the messages from Donald L Ferrin, associate professor at Singapore Management University, in his keynote...