Welcome to the second edition of this monthly blog, built around the framework from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide: mentor coaching keeps us sharp; supervision keeps us safe and sane. Each month I share reflections from my mentor coaching and supervision work, organised around those three themes. If you missed the first edition and want
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Staying Sharp, Safe and Sane: A New Monthly Blog for Coaches
Something new is starting here, and I want to explain what it is before diving in. For a while now, I have been thinking about the best way to share what comes up in my mentor coaching and supervision work. A lot of it ends up on LinkedIn, but things get missed there, and the
My book launch!
So on May 12th 2020 right in the middle of ‘Lockdown’, I held what I suspect might be the UK’s first virtual book launch! Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide The launch of my book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide was a chance to share the culmination of several months of my work and my passion
Why become a mentor coach: Extract from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide
This is the final extract from my upcoming book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide. If this piques your interest, you can pre-order here If you are not a coach, I hope you might still be taking this journey with us as you might still learn something about leadership in roundabout ways. My motivation for mentor
Why we need to work with a reflective practitioner: Extract from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide
This is the third extract from my upcoming book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide. If this piques your interest, you can pre-order here If you are not a coach, I hope you might still be taking this journey with us as you might still learn something about leadership in roundabout ways. It is important to
Preparing for Mentor Coaching: Extract from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide
This is the second extract from my upcoming book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide. If this piques your interest, you can pre-order here If you are not a coach, I hope you might still take this journey with us as you might still learn something about leadership in roundabout ways. There are three elements that
Individually tailored, high-impact development: Extract from Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be posting extracts from my upcoming book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide. If this piques your interest, you can pre-order here. If you are not a coach, I hope you might still take this journey with us as you might still learn something about leadership in roundabout ways. I love
Mentor coaching – I’ve written a book
Here’s what I learned I’ve written a book this summer. On mentor coaching (where a coach is observed and given feedback against a set of competencies). Mentor coaching is what I am becoming known for. If you want to find out more, you’ll have to wait until April for the final reveal. In the meantime,
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
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
New Date: Lock-in for International Coach Federation Accreditation
Find the “loving kick” to accrue your Mentor Coaching hours and complete your paperwork You’ve decided to externally validate your coaching with the International Coach Federation (ICF), but finding the time – and the motivation – has been tough, given your workload. You are ready to spend some good quality time on it, and you
