The emotional hijack – how do you coach a client to increase their emotional regulation and prevent them ‘shutting down’, asks Nicole Berg If you’re like me, now and again you’ll have a client with whom you really, really enjoy working. (I count myself lucky as this happens more often than not.) Elinor (not her […]
By Ginny Baillie I started writing this business column as a result of something I noticed in 2015. That summer I had been to several coaching conferences. Of the 50 or so keynotes, breakouts and workshops I could have attended, not one was concerned with the business of being a coach. Fast-forward to autumn 2018 […]
A team coach faces a familiar situation and needs to decide whether the team is ready to be coached. Given the facts, would you coach them? The Issue You have been invited to meet the human resource director (HRD) of a FTSE 250 insurance business. You have a very close working relationship with her having […]
Award-winning corporate coach and Zen Buddhist chaplain Claire Genkai Breeze wants to help leaders to challenge the status quo and lead a purposeful work life – from the inside out. She does this by living simply, out of the spotlight, she tells Liz Hall Among ‘engines’ driving Claire Genkai Breeze, highly experienced corporate coach […]
Is the team you’re coaching dysfunctional? Or is it an ‘extra-dependent team’? And if so, how do you coach it? David Kesby reports Extra-Dependent Teams define a phenomenon that I first tentatively identified more than 12 years ago when I was still relatively new to coaching, yet had plenty of experience managing and developing […]
We need more good supervisors, argues Erik de Haan. Why? Because it’s special work that it’s a privilege to be involved in. It throws a light on deep-set, often confidential, problems and helps brings solutions to the fore. The more I do this ‘executive coaching’ work, the more I realise how precious and effective […]
How do coach supervisors respond to ethical dilemmas and tricky issues? In this two-part series, Jonathan Passmore, Eve Turner and Marta Filipiak report on their research The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind”: songwriter Bob Dylan’s famous lines suggested it’s not hard to do the right thing. Too often people ignore the obvious, because […]
Struggling to meet the requirements for coach accreditation or feel you’ve lost your edge? Clare Norman reports on a ‘lock-in’ weekend retreat she’s developed to boost CPD Does the following describe where you’re at? It’s been some time since you attended your original coach training. You fear you’ve lost your razor sharpness, but you […]
It’s coming up to ‘bletting’ season – a process of softening fruits such as medlars. It’s a process Jane Steward is very familiar with, having moved from banking to executive coaching to jam making. But she still makes Time to Think. Rachel Ellison MBE reports In some traditions, it’s said you shouldn’t cook if […]
When training internal coaches and mentors, clients regularly ask me: What would you expect to cover in each curriculum? And can you use the same content for both roles? There are overlaps, so you can use the same content for parts of the coach and mentor preparation. However, there are also differences. Similarities In my […]