Colouring our perceptions

Reviews True Colors, a personality profiling tool The tool What is it? True Colors is a simple personality profiling tool that looks beyond people’s behaviour to their core values. It helps clients to develop awareness of their motivators. By going back to basics and...

The Gallop poll

Describes a unique executive leadership coaching scheme involving horse training Elizabeth Gates One of man’s best friends, the horse, is adopting a new, and rather unexpected, role in UK business. No longer solely a beast of burden, it can now be found alongside...

Balance of power

Analyses research which looks at the use of subject expertise when coaching Bob Garvey Should a coach or mentor use subject matter expertise to advise their clients? Inverting the power position can be beneficial, says Bob Garvey of the Coaching and Mentoring Research...

Fighting talk

Describes a visit to coach senior army officers in Afghanistan Paul Ellis Letter from Afghanistan What can a UK civil servant teach 18 highly experienced senior Afghan army officers about leadership? Time to have a coaching conversation I looked through the...

Hard sell

Two experts give answers to a hypothetical question on how to embed a training programme to achieve a return on investment TroubleShooter – Hard Sell THE PROBLEM A global firm has invested heavily in training for its salespeople but never sees results. The...