Licence to coach

Profile of Liz Macann, the BBC’s head of coaching, and her battle to push the concept of internal coaching. She also discusses luck, evangelism and horse whispering. Liz Hall I have been the luckiest girl in the world,” says Liz Macann, having carved herself the...

Who is calling the shots?

Can psychodynamic coaching solve the power struggle between coach and client? Examines the evidence Janet Laffin Coaching conversations are often about change but, for the client, change can be painful and is often associated with loss. Psychodynamic coaching views...

A kick in the teeth

Two coaching experts offer advice to a hypothetical new operations director who must make redundancies but is fearful of the process and of upsetting his loyal team The problem James was promoted to director of operations four months ago. His team respects him and...

Credit where it’s due

The lack of women at management level makes depressing reading. But a mentoring pilot at Clydesdale Bank is successfully addressing the imbalance between the sexes. Kate Hilpern Only 12 per cent of board directors are female, and one in four FTSE boards has no women...