Stigma and mental health in the workplace
“Crazy”, “stupid”, “dangerous” are some of the words that Singaporean teenagers thought of when asked about mental illness, showing there…
Executive and Leadership Coaching – what next?
Executive and leadership coaching is a big business with an estimated value of $2billion globally and it is continuing to grow rapidly. Research…
Responsiveness and response-ability
A friend of mine was recently negotiating flexible working hours in a new senior leadership position. While we were sharing…
Advanced coaching skills: Part 6 – Changing the world, one person at a time
Arguably, this is the most controversial coaching blog that I have yet written… The potential controversy lies in the fundamental…
Advanced coaching skills: Part 5 – Coaching for diversity
How do we, as coaches, approach diversity? I’m sure that many of us hold a firm belief that this is…
Advanced coaching skills: Part 4 – Ability to pay attention to the full data
Virtually all coach training emphasises – with good reason – the importance of listening skills. Paying attention to what’s being…
Advanced Coaching Skills: Part three – Paying attention to the wider system
Recently, I’ve read a 20-year-old book with the catchy title: We’ve had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy, and the World’s Getting…
Advanced Coaching Skills: Part Two – Ability to step in an out of empathy
Much is written about these days (and not a moment too soon!) about empathy and compassion, and their place in…
Advanced Coaching Skills: Part One – Ability to critique…. everything
The most transformational coaching workshop I’ve ever attended started with the facilitator (Sir John Whitmore) writing these words on the…
Growing my coaching practice
“Write a blog on the Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching?” was the request. “I’ve just written about 12,000 words for my…
Fundamentals of Coaching
Coaching has become increasingly used within organisations to provide a learning experience for leaders and managers where complexity and change…
Coaching Fundamentals Part Nine: Boundaries
Boundaries. One of the first words you hear in coach training, usually accompanied with an overlapping Venn diagram consisting of…