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The Thinkers Mindset Part 5

The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 5

We access the wisdom of multiple intelligences, not just the cerebral rational intelligence. Be prepared to get creative in coaching. …

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The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 4

The thinker is “creative, resourceful and whole” (Whitworth et al, 1998) and the coach’s job is to strengthen their thinking…

The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 3

Curiosity is for the benefit of the thinker’s new thinking, not the coach’s understanding. When your coach asks you a…

The Thinkers Mindset Part 1 2

The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 2

The aim of coaching is to move the thinker beyond known thinking to new thinking. Coaching is unlike any conversation…

The Thinkers Mindset Part 1

The Thinker’s Mindset – Part One

Having written about the mindsets that a coach must unlearn in order to be an extraordinary coach, I got to…

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My philosophy of coaching

I was coaching a business owner the other day who wanted to figure out his philosophy about leadership development so…

Paradoxes in Coaching 5

Paradoxes in Coaching – Part 5

Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…

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Paradoxes in Coaching – Part 4

Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…

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Paradoxes in Coaching – Part 3

Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…

Paradoxes in Coaching 2

Paradoxes in Coaching – Part 2

Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…

Paradoxes in Coaching

Paradoxes in Coaching Part 1

Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…

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Accumulating hours of coaching for credentialing

Earlier in the Summer I submitted my application for my Master Certified Coach credential. Woohoo. Now the wait, as the…

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Lessons from three book launches

I had never been to a book launch before I went to my own. So I didn’t really know what…

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Today is the day, my book publication day

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered the book. It’s been really popular – in fact, I have already sold…

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What I have learned along the way

Given that I have now written five books, in different formats, I thought you might be interested in my reflections…

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Self-publishing, Storybird, traditional publishing, e-book publishing, hybrid-publishing: which to choose?

I have published five books over the past ten years, all through different publishing routes. So many people ask me…

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