Festive cheer

Carol Wilson ran communication workshops with ‘guests’ at homeless charity Crisis last Christmas. The responses would not have been out of place in an executive boardroom “When a street stabbing happens it doesn’t start with knives; there are words that lead up to the...

Force for change

Is coaching in danger of repeating mistakes by ignoring lessons learnt in other professions? Michael Carroll The US military has devised two systems to help it learn from experience and avoid reinventing the wheel. One is called the AAR (After Action Review). Before...

The famous five

When coaches become supervisors they have to take on a new identity. Reveals the five levels of change necessary for the transition. Barbara Moyes Do good coaches make good supervisors? Becoming a coaching supervisor is a role transition; what sociologist Erving...