It’s not uncommon for people in coaching to get stuck. They might get lost in their thinking, or they might just come to a point where they say outright, “I’m stuck”. So how do we get them unstuck? First, we need to notice it, and not get stuck with them! If we jump into the
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Coaching for Small Businesses
When Coaching for small businesses: focus is key I’ve been giving thought to how best to articulate the benefits of coaching to owners and members of small businesses or SMEs. In many respects, the coaching process is no different from the process for any other kind of business person; but when it’s your own business, what is different, is
How to prepare a team to be coached – hints and tips by Georgina Woudstra
Team coaching is a two-way street. And while the coach may be experienced, well prepared and enthusiastic, if the team isn’t ready to be coached then it could all come to nothing. An important step at the start of any team coaching engagement is therefore to ensure the team is ready to be coached. I
Team Coaching Case Studies
Recently, I blogged about how team coaching is different to 1-1 coaching and how it is similar to 1-1 coaching. I’ve also talked about the team experience. Let’s now look at some examples of the outcomes in these team coaching case studies. Case studies help see the theory working in practice. Case study 1: Team
How is team coaching different from 1-1 coaching?
We’ve looked at how the principles and skills of 1-1 coaching transfer into team coaching; but there are differences. The most obvious? There are multiple people to work with. That adds complexity to work with group dynamics, as people try to survive and belong so are careful about what they say and who they say
How is team coaching similar to 1-1 coaching?
I’ve written a lot about 1-1 coaching, whether that is by an external coach, an internal one or a leader as coach. 1-1 coaching has a big impact on the individual, building their thinking muscles and encouraging them to experiment with new behaviours which create a ripple effect on the people around them. But sometimes
Team Coaching
My next series of coaching blogs is going to focus specifically on team coaching. Over the coming weeks I’m going to discuss: What is team coaching? How coaching a team is similar to 1-1 coaching? How coaching a team is different to 1-1 coaching? The team experience. And then I’ll finish this series with some
Mentor Coaching is for life – not just for a credential
How coaches show up in the room The International Coach Federation is the only professional coaching body that assesses coaches’ actual coaching skills in depth – how you show up in the room. How we show up in the room is way more important than how much we know about the theory of coaching. The
Pacy Coaching – Be more Challenging
I’ve written before about pacy coaching. There’s an assumption that good coaching takes time, but I’ve experienced great, challenging coaching (as coach and as client) in a 20 minute session. I’m learning all the time about what keeps the momentum going; here’s what I now know: CONTRACT Cut to the chase Ask permission to interrupt
Group Coaching Supervision – A Case Study
The ICF describes Coaching Supervision as; “the interaction that occurs when a coach periodically brings his or her coaching work experiences to a coaching supervisor in order to engage in reflective dialogue and collaborative learning for the development and benefit of the coach and his or her clients.” I’ve been working with a group of
International Coaching Week 2018
Last year in International Coaching Week, I co-created this wonderful animated story about Helen’s journey towards supervision. This year, I am talking at the International Coach Federation UK conference about when to use coach mentoring and when to use supervision. International Coaching Week provides a great opportunity to experience coaching and raise its profile and
Pacy coaching: Go slow to go fast
I’m going discuss pacy coaching; some people think that asking questions that enable a person to think through a solution for themselves is slower than telling people what to do. They are right, but only in the short-term. In the long-term, however, telling people what to do does not develop their capacity to think for
Virtual Group Coaching Supervision
Are you looking for a (new) coaching supervisor? Do you mostly work virtually, and therefore need supervision that models good parallel processes for the work you undertake? Perhaps you are time crunched and would prefer not to travel to a face-to-face session. Do you want to share your developmental journey with like-minded coaches? From September,
Coaching supervision group
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? Come for coaching supervision! From September, I will be leading a new 6-month group supervision programme in Beaulieu, in the middle of the
What difference does coaching supervision make?
The Association of Coaching Supervisors is asking this question: what difference does coaching supervision make? If you are a supervisor, please read on. The AoCS writes: We want to gauge what difference coaching supervision is making to the supervisor and people in the supervisor’s network. We would like to reach a range of people too –
Coachability: a belief in your ability to make changes
Coachability – an interesting word! You may be surprised to hear that not everyone is coachable. As Ginnie Baillie says: “Ultimately clients are not buying you or coaching, they are buying their belief in themselves and their goals.” So it’s important to help a potential new client to get clear about whether they believe in
