Creating a Coaching Culture requires the same kind of rigour as any other culture change. That includes articulating your end-point and how you will recognise success when you see it, then pulling a multitude of levers to enable you to get from where you are today to that end goal. Those levers include technology, process and
Coaching supervision
Developing Individuals through Action learning
Peer to peer coaching for Individualised Leader Development, using action learning Everyone is unique – and so are their leadership development needs. So ‘one size fits all’ leadership development programmes often fail to hit the mark. Coaching and action learning both provide more individualised support and challenge. Participants in an Individualised Leadership Programme (ILP) bring their
Technology to support the coaching culture
Technology is an enabler. It enables you to be more effective and efficient; and to make informed decisions. Your coaching strategy will lead you to the kind of technology you need to underpin it. You can see the full blueprint for Creating a Coaching Culture here. Working through the coaching strategy blueprint, you might use technology
Coaching Culture: Internal Coaches
Why create an internal coaching function? If, like many organisations, yours does not have a strategy for coaching – or a function to manage whatever coaching is happening – it can cost the organisation not only money, but lots of opportunity costs too: not aligning to the business strategy not gaining economies of scale not measuring
Coaching culture: coaching supervision
Why coaching supervision? “The purpose of supervision is learning that leads to the continuous development of the conscious competence of the supervisee and the supervisor and to a higher level of practice. At its core, supervision implies an accountability to learning – that of the supervisor and supervisee – that may extend to that of
Coaching culture: roles
If you like to see the big picture of how this series fits together, take a look at this blueprint for Creating a Coaching Culture. I’ll continue to write posts that fill in the boxes. Today’s post gives us an insight into the roles needed to support the creation of a coaching culture. First and
Coaching culture: experiencing coaching
We established in last week’s blog that establishing a coaching culture is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. And, as with all culture changes, there are multiple levers that need to be pulled in order to make it sticky. I always advocate that people receive coaching as a first step. You can
Clare Norman Coaching Associates Ltd
Over the past few months, I’ve been getting clearer and clearer about my next career steps. It’s been an exploration, with lots of new discoveries about myself along the way. And where am I today? I set up Clare Norman Coaching Associates Ltd on 19th January, and am well on my way to building a successful
Group Coaching Supervision in the tranquil New Forest
Are you looking for a new coaching supervisor? Do you want to share your developmental journey with like-minded coaches? Do you want to slow down and take time to reflect in a beautiful location? Then read on… I am Clare Norman, a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF, and a certified Coach Supervisor. I am
My coaching and supervision manifesto updated
Subsequent to my coaching supervision course, I have reflected on the beliefs that inform my own coaching practice, and therefore my supervision, and how these are just one frame of reference, that could limit my capacity to stretch myself and others. Two years ago, I wrote this coaching manifesto, outlining my beliefs and the behaviors these lead to:
Reflections on my learning as a coaching supervisor
I just finished the last module of my coaching supervision course. What an inspiration. Not only have I learned how to supervise, but I have learned so much more about transformational coaching too. Workshop one: Foundation Before attending the foundation course, I had done some mentor coaching to enable a handful of coaches to apply
What I learned from the International Coaching Conference: Working with trauma
I’m afraid I didn’t catch the name of the woman who talked to us about coaching and trauma – she was standing in for another speaker – so I cannot give credit where it’s due…but suffice it to say that this was a really interesting talk. I learned….and was surprised that… …trauma is really common
What I learned from the International Coaching Supervision Conference: Me and My Shadow
Karyn Prentice’s session on working with our shadow – and our supervisee’s shadow – was fun and enlightening at the same time. Here’s what I took away: I learned (or re-learned)…. …that we sometimes need to remind our supervisee that they are enough for their coachee. They sometimes don’t see their own gold …every virtue is made
What I learned from the International Coaching Supervision conference: Group supervision and organizational learning
Here are my reflections on what I learned from Michelle Lucas and Sue Roberts about group supervision and organizational learning – thank you both for a really enlightening session, and to Michelle for sharing your experiences and resources subsequently. Michelle – feel free to add/edit anything that you feel I missed! I learned (or re-learned)… …the
What I learned from the International Coaching Supervision conference: Supervision (and leadership development) for the 21st century
Thanks to Michael Cavanagh for an engaging and provocative presentation on supervision for the 21st century. This also applies to leadership development for the 21st century. Here’s what I learned…I’d love to hear from others who were there – what else did you take away? I learned (or re-learned)…. …there are two ways that we
What I learned from the International Coaching Supervision conference: Ethics
This one day conference was jam-packed with great content…but so jam-packed that I didn’t have a chance to process what I learned there and then. So this is my reflective practice, and I would love to hear from others about what you learned – particularly from sessions that I didn’t attend. Here’s the first session…more
