Editor’s choice of latest articles
SOCIALISATION, NOT BRAIN DIFFERENCE, KEY TO GENDER BIAS
Leadership coaches Megan Evans and Lindsay Wittenberg, with neuroscientist Dr Geoff Bird, examine the neuroscience of gender in the latest in a series of workshops Diversity challenges in our society and organisations, and the lack of equal opportunity, exist...
COACHES MUST MAKE SPACE FOR NEW CONVERSATIONS
By Helen Tiffany With the success of the GB Olympic team still being lauded, the Association for Coaching UK conference on 1 September in London, with the theme ‘In the System’, opened with a reminder of how important a clear purpose is and how we are all part of a...
REFLECTIONS: WHAT LIES BEYOND?
In a coaching relationship, the client’s stories reflect a fraction of who they are. We must resist jumping to assumptions based on those fragments By Lindsay Wittenberg I recently had the sad experience of attending the cremation of a previous client who had died at...
THREE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: BE BRAVE, WAVE YOUR FLAG
The recent Brexit vote has made many focus on what’s important to them. In our client conversations, too, we must focus, using courage and boldness By Alister Scott and Neil Scotton A debate kicked off in September on the UK’s BBC Radio Four about flags: are we waving...
GENDER: SOCIAL DOMINANCE
Men as a group hold disproportionate power and freedoms compared with women. Many societies have group-based dominance, in which a social group enjoys special privileges while at least one other group has relatively little power. Coaching can help dominant clients...
TROUBLESHOOTER: WHAT’S STOPPING ME?
An international executive repatriated to UK HQ seeks a career change, one with meaning. But why? How can coaching surface and work with a hidden agenda? The Issue Barbara is a high achiever, both professionally and personally, in her 40s, working for a global oil...