Mentor with care

  Flexible, simple and individually led: these are the hallmarks of learning disability charity Mencap’s mentoring scheme. Head of learning and development, Alton Hobbs, talks to Liz Hall Mencap’s mentoring scheme is one of the largest for an organisation the...

At My Best® strengths cards

Coaching at Work road-tests:At My Best® strengths cards Get better soon 1 The tool What is it? The At My Best® strengths cards consist of 48 individual cards with a photograph on one side and a single-word strength on the other (eg, Insightful, Curious, Spontaneous,...

HOW TO…  use polarities

  By Bridget Farrands   Complex and ambiguous situations indicate that polarities are present – and that the coach will need to take many viewpoints into account. Conventional problem solving won’t work. By managing polarities well, the coach can get the...

Book review 2

Title: Towards Sustainable Decision-making in Politics: Coaching for Politicians Author Elke Esders Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 14960 3397 0 Usefulness  3.5   Translated from its original German, Esders locates her work with...

Book review 1

Title: The Leadership Shadow: How to Recognize and Avoid Derailment, Hubris and Overdrive Authors Erik De Haan and Anthony Kasozi Publisher Kogan Page ISBN 978 07494 7049 4 Usefulness 5   What happens when leaders go into overdrive and act out the shadow side of...