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SHOULD WE EMBRACE OR RESIST OUR DIGITAL FUTURE?
The replacement of many coaches, commoditisation of coaching and loss of the ‘human touch’ are some potential downsides of adoption of new technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a group of prominent industry thinkers and contributors surveyed...
LET’S ADD REAL VALUE TO UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCES
Last November saw Manchester Metropolitan University host the 4th EMCC in Education conference and the first to be dedicated to higher education. By Jafar Akhavan-Moossavi The conference, Creating an inspirational experience for university students and staff, on 1...
TOP COACH TO LAUNCH UK SCHOOL SPORT STANDARDS
National standards in UK children’s sports coaching are now in sight, thanks to the success of a pilot training programme for primary school sports coaches. By Molly Hall The child-centred TOP Coach programme was developed by charity Youth Sport Trust and UK Coaching...
NEWS RESEARCH: A VISION OF THINGS TO COME
As we move into 2018, we asked prominent industry leaders and thinkers to share what they think lies ahead. Part 1: trends and challenges in the coaching space for individual practitioners and organisations By Liz Hall Continued uncertainty, supply of coaches...
BOOK REVIEW: COACHING FOR PERFORMANCE
Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership (25th anniversary edition) Sir John Whitmore Nicholas Brealey Publishing 978 14736 5812 7 5 out of 5 stars The 25th anniversary edition of the late John Whitmore’s Coaching for...
VIEWPOINT: THE LIMITS OF COMPETENCE
Following on from other contributions on the topic of competence, Bob Garvey argues for a return to the values of humanism Discourses are employed in order to shape social contexts. Coaching, located within a business context, is influenced by that context and...