Having written about the mindsets that a coach must unlearn in order to be an extraordinary coach, I got to wondering about the mindset of a thinker. How might the thinker show up to coaching in a way that would enable them to make the most of the thinking time. Because that’s what coaching is:
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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 that he could articulate it clearly and succinctly on his website. And, as often happens as I reflect back on coaching sessions, I realised that this was something I could do for myself as well.
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 I was writing my book, The Transformational Coach: Free Your Thinking and Break Through to Coaching Mastery. So to give you a sneak peek at the content of the book, I thought I would share
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 I was writing my book, The Transformational Coach: Free Your Thinking and Break Through to Coaching Mastery. So to give you a sneak peek at the content of the book, I thought I would share
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 I was writing my book, The Transformational Coach: Free Your Thinking and Break Through to Coaching Mastery. So to give you a sneak peak at the content of the book, I thought I would share
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 went on. Therefore I didn’t know how to run one! I’ve just looked up best practices on the internet now – not sure why I didn’t do that before. But frankly, there isn’t anything particularly
I can work with anyone
It’s true that we are trained to coach anyone. The skill of coaching is the same no matter who we are working with. It’s the same skill, no matter which industry they are in. We don’t need to have worked in or even understand our thinker’s context to be able to coach them. But do
Are business people hard-nosed and harsh? Or are boundaries part of a professional practice?
As a result of my corporate “upbringing”, I set strong boundaries around time, fees, cancellations, no-shows, role responsibilities and I do my best to stick to those, because I see these as useful – and professional. Let’s take cancellations and no-shows for example When I was an internal coach, I was fine financially if someone
Productive = 8 clients a day
When I worked for a corporate and we were discussing setting up a coaching function, one of the managers said that the coaches would be expected to work with eight thinkers per day. One thinker per hour for the whole working day – back to back, no breaks, no preparation time, no reflection time. She
Be careful of comparisonitis
I’ve been writing for leaders over the past few months…. now a few posts for coaches…. though I bet the leaders amongst you will also get some insights from them! When I grew up, we didn’t have social media. So we didn’t have the constant barrage of positivity that people post these days. If you
Getting unstuck
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
The team experience
The team experience is crucial nowadays. More and more of today’s work is undertaken in teams. In fact, the Harvard Business Review suggests that collaborative activities have increased by 50% or more in the past twenty years. I bet you recognise that, given the amount of meetings in your diary these days! It makes sense
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
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
