I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of the derailment of career trajectories and what might cause it. It first came to my attention when I worked in leadership development and I discovered the research by the Center for Creative Leadership which found five derailers that get in the way of leaders’ continued success: Difficulty adapting to change (the most
Tag: Thinker
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 muscles, not do the thinking for them. The coach’s responsibility is for the process, the thinker’s responsibility is for the outcomes. You may not believe in your capacity to think when you enter into a
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 question, there is no “one right answer” and nor should they be asking you questions that fill them in on the detail [see previous blog]. They are asking you for your own benefit, to get
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 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:
