Why coaching supervision? Supervision resources you as a coach, helps you work through challenging coaching cases, supports you to align with ethics and best practice, and is a great part of your learning and development and your career journey as a coach. As I see it, the intention of coaching…
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash Curiosity, collaboration, and constructive feedback Hello everyone! Here are some insights on how team coaching builds trust, frames feedback and can transform teams: When people think of team coaching, they may hope for quick and dramatic transformations or breakthroughs. But the real impact lies in the smaller changes…
Earlier this year, I set out to speak with mentors and staff about their early experiences of coaching in the workplace. I was curious about what those first few years were like and how they compared with my own — a time that was vibrant, well supported by my organisation,…
Photo by Chris Montgomery and Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Is best practice executive coaching really excellent coaching with moments of mentoring where appropriate? This was the focus of an EMCC webinar led by Nigel Cumberland today, as part of the EMCC GPS series. For me, ultimately, it’s about not…
Today was a fantastic day to pilot the LISTEN model for pausing and reflecting in conversations at the SDF Festival 2024. I’m pushing for a world that values pausing and reflecting as a revolutionary shift in how we work. Reactive, fast-paced cultures and endless to-do lists with no pausing for…
I’m not a medical professional, but it's clear to me that burnout is on the increase in work and in life. I often coach staff at work who reach the realisation that they have experienced burnout, or are heading towards it. Burnout may be experienced as persistent mental, emotional, or physical…
Where there is a lack of care in coaching, the impact can be an unsuccessful relationship, in which change doesn't happen for the coachee. This blog post addresses what care looks like in coaching from both the coachee’s and the coach’s perspective. It also provides care tips for the coach…
Team coaching, ‘solutions circles’ or ‘case clinics’ are a cost-effective organisational coaching approach. They empower your groups and teams to discover solutions, foster innovation, improve communication, and enhance overall teamwork. In this post - based on my experience of leading dozens of team coaching events - I’ll share four top…
This month I’ve been reflecting on what are the questions and processes that we can use to gather feedback from coachees. What kind of feedback are we looking for? I’m seeking both how the coachee is learning and progressing (reflection on progress) and how is the way that I am working…
This was my view one evening last weekend, relaxing by a canal in London. I definitely wasn’t rushing around. Since the pandemic, I’ve noticed that people’s work lives have either sped up or slowed down. There are big differences in how we think about time, work and life. Have you…