Have you ever thought about hosting interns and apprentices in your own business, and wondered what it actually takes? Over the past three months I took on an intern for the first time, and it became one of the richest learning experiences of my working life — for both of…
Listening is one of the most underrated skills in the workplace; leading figures in collaborative organisational change like Otto Scharmer from MIT, say it is the most necessary leadership skills in the world. Looking at our world of work at the moment you can perhaps see that this makes sense.…
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…
In my conversations with staff and my research, Further and Adult Education college groups are facing a triple opportunity and challenge: Ofsted’s reflective focus demands deeper thinking about how leadership is happening, yet time and space for reflection are limited. Leading on well-being support is often a challenge, as…
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…
It wasn’t just eating food and celebrating all things learning, but cakes and celebrations were definitely part of the day at this practical learning event yesterday. Here’s my headline takeaways for those of you who want to know what’s new, trending and important in learning and development from the key…
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,…
Dramatic endings, new beginnings Losing my voice was a painful, dramatic response to stress when a college I’d been working with for 10 years went through whole organisational restructuring. As a coaching leader, my highly successful job that I loved, disappeared — (‘You did great, now we want you to…
We are working in complex times. VUCA is the phrase we now commonly use to describe these times. Volatile, uncertain, complex and adverse. It makes sense that if you're working in an organisation which is also responding to and working with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and adversity, that you change how…
As universities, MAT's and some colleges adapt and aim to survive financial changes, departmental or organisational restructuring and mergers are common. Restructuring is a paradox- it seems to take a long while and yet deadlines can feel rushed and urgent. And it takes energy to respond to, but you may…