In this three part series, Jenny Campbell explores how to coach for resilience. Part 2: Coaching for different levels of resilience What’s your client’s resilience level? Is your coaching aligned to what they can actually take on, what they have capacity for? Resilience is about our capacity for change. It’s synergistic with wellbeing; you […]
In this three-part series, Jenny Campbell explores how to coach for resilience. Part 1: The principles of resilience coaching Employees need to be resilient. I’ve always found the insights from the Resilience Engine’s resilience research1 transformative in my leadership coaching. But there’s another side to resilience. Employees are under massive pressure to perform. Many […]
Eve Turner and Peter Hawkins consider how we enhance learning when someone brings an audio or video recording to supervision A topic that regularly comes up in supervision is the use of recordings: why, when, what, where and how. This article explores these issues, and how we can get the most benefit from recordings. […]
In part 2 of this two-part series, Carol Whitaker, Michelle Lucas and Tammy Turner share tips from their just-published book on how to contract using the Shared Outcomes model. Part 1 covered spotting the signs of a need to re-contract The purpose of a contract is to get a shared agreement on outcomes for all […]
In this two-part series, Carol Whitaker, Michelle Lucas and Tammy Turner share insights around contracting from their just-published book. Part One: spotting the signs that re-contracting might be needed As coaches and mentors, we can often find ourselves stumbling across a situation we hadn’t foreseen. No matter how well we agree the way we want […]
Have you got a professional will? It makes sense to arrange one – while you still can. Gill Smith and Linda Aspey report What would happen to your clients, your livelihood and your business if you were suddenly unable to work because of serious illness, accident or unexpected death? Have you made arrangements about who’d tell […]
Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall describe working with the competence ladder, a model for exploring the discomfort of learning Lots of coaches are familiar with the competence ladder, which describes a series of predictable stages through which people pass as they learn something new. It’s a useful model in relation to our own development and […]
Coaching for maternity and paternity returners only is a missed opportunity. For a well-managed transition, they must be engaged before, during and after their leave, says Jennifer Liston-Smith Why do organisations provide specialist coaching through the transition to parenthood? To engage and retain their knowledgeable mid-career people, support their performance on return from leave and […]
Charisma comes from being true to yourself. This aura of authenticity helps leaders flourish in the workplace. So why is it so hard to be authentic at work? And how can coaching help surface the barriers? By Nikki Owen Charisma is an authentic power that captivates the hearts and minds of others. I believe […]
Many companies know the true value of a healthy working environment. Coaches can help achieve it by being good listeners and by encouraging clients to trust their intuition in the workplace By John Reynard As coaches our role can include helping improve a company’s work environment, and/or helping individuals find work that fulfils them. Both […]
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