Route masters

 Where is coaching research going? Can practitioners head it off at the pass?  Recent research proposals received by the International Coaching Research Forum( Research matters) seem to question the direction coaching research has been taking. Some themes of masters’...

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...

Practice makes sense – in theory

Without a unifying approach, how can we have practical solutions? Time for a constructive conversation Without a unifying approach, how can we have practical solutions? Time for a constructive conversation, says Bob Garvey, professor of Mentoring and Coaching at...

Sense and sensibility

Ten years ago scientists considered emotional intelligence an ‘elusive construct’. Today it is a critical coaching competency. Margaret Chapman Sense and sensibility In 2001 I queried whether emotional intelligence (EI), was a critical competency or passing fad. A...