Mastery in Change
Last time, we looked at how to master your thinking – how to think deeply and through different lenses. But…
Mastery of Thinking
Since I became a Master Certified Coach a few weeks back, I have mastery on the brain. But not mastery…
The antidote to derailers in coaching
The Art of Possibility is one of my favourite books….as much for the title as for the content. Coaching is…
Derailers in Coaching – Part 2
As we ponder derailers further, let’s turn our attention to something called Thinking Traps. These are ways of thinking that…
Derailers in Coaching – Part 1
I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of the derailment of career trajectories and what might cause it. It first…
The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 7
What are your thoughts about the mindsets we have discussed in this series? We (coach and thinker) are co-travellers, travelling…
The Thinker’s Mindset – Part 6
We coach the person, not the problem (Franklin 2019, Reynolds 2020), meaning we focus on “who” the thinker wishes to…
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. …
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 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 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…
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 – Part 5
Life and work are full of paradoxes, opposites, polarities, dichotomies, oxymorons, contradictions. So too is coaching. I noticed several as…
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…
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…
