How are you thinking about the big changes we are facing? There are no half measures – you need to bring it right across your coaching practice By Alister Scott Whether we like it or not, big change is upon us all. Globalisation, the speed of technological change, information overload, resource depletion, the impact […]
How can we define the role of the team coach? Georgina Woudstra is working towards a set of competencies for a global standard Towards the end of 2018 I had the privilege of running our team coaching training programmes in Brazil and Budapest. One of the most frequent questions that participants ask me is […]
Are you qualified as a coach but struggling to generate clients? Thomas Chalmers and Russell Borland remember how that used to feel We’ve been following Ginny Baillie’s column, The Real Business of Coaching, with great interest and are honoured to grasp the baton from Ginny. We’re of a similar view that it’s often difficult […]
Our themes of Recognise, Release and Reframe are brought together in this final column on the theme of Respond: how to apply this self-knowledge and inner work to a relationship By Nicole Berg The quality of your life will never be greater than the quality of your relationships. I wrote these words in June […]
Friction within a team of healthcare consultants is being felt throughout the organisation. Can a team coaching intervention help heal the rift? THE ISSUE Marcus, the HR director in a healthcare organisation, is keen to find an intervention to reduce conflict in a team of consultants. The conflict has built up over a number of […]
Alison Hodge has a passion for learning, both for herself and her clients. It’s at the heart of everything she does as an award-winning coach supervisor. Liz Hall reports Adventurous, playful and provocative, award-winning coach supervisor champion Alison Hodge has found learning gold in many ways, including on a group trek in Nepal, practising […]
How do we apply what we’ve learned about coaching teams to coaching multiple, interdependent teams, to teams of teams? David Clutterbuck reports Just as focusing on individual performance doesn’t necessarily lead to improved collective (team) performance, high performing teams don’t necessarily work together to deliver a high performing organisation. In his book, Team of Teams, retired […]
Ian Day, leadership coach and co-author of Challenging Coaching, describes the greatest challenge he’s had to face and what he learnt from it What’s it like to be dead?” I was asked. Maybe this was real after all and not a bad dream, I thought. According to the British Heart Foundation there are more […]
How can we improve the effectiveness of the coach-client matching process? Sophie Bruas shares lessons from a programme in Africa Designing an effective coaching programme raises many questions about how best to match clients and coaches, such as how do you achieve best fit and what role does the coach’s qualification, gender and culture […]
Poor sleep can have a serious effect on memory and decision-making – hardly a recipe for success in business. Coaches need to be prepared to give some clients the ‘wake up’ call they need, says Vicki Culpin You may be shocked to hear that 17 hours of wakefulness can bring down a person’s level […]