BUILDING BLOCKS

A medium-sized building firm wants to develop a coaching culture following a recent change in management. The current culture is macho, blame-heavy and suffers from a chronic case of ‘knowledge is power’. How can the HR director begin the process of change and win...

THE ITCH THAT NEVER GOES AWAY

Three Minutes to Midnight A series of columns on our role in tackling the complicated economic, environmental and social challenges we face. It will be a place to question, offer, share, explore, challenge, dissent, celebrate, reflect, learn and enjoy This may...

CIRCLE OF TRUTH

Pedal power Liz Dimmock Liz Dimmock, founder of Women Ahead, shares lessons for mentoring and coaching from the sports world. This year she is leading a team of women cyclists around the world. In my last column I wrote about the importance of learning from role...

WHAT YOU’RE SAYING ONLINE

Coaching at Work’s LinkedIn group now has more than 36,500 members and is very active. Why not join us? http://linkd.in/XCvQjc How do we build resiliency in our clients, pondered Phillip Tyler, Wisdom in Words (US)? Recently, a friend left a position that they had...

POWER GAMES

Reflections Coaching clients may seek empowerment, but often lack the confidence to claim it. Coaches must avoid any transference LINDSAY WITTENBERG Silence fell between us, and we were only at the beginning of the coaching session. My client looked expectantly at me,...