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Everyone tells their story when given the chance

I’m known for speaking to anyone, especially in shops, restaurants etc. At a restuarant counter today and chatting as usual to the serving staff my wife turned to me and said, “Isn’t it amazing how the human side of people … Continue reading

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Coaching as a conversation

So many models of coaching,  3 step, 4 step, 5 step, even an 8 step model.  Whilst I do appreciate that all these have their place, and especially for new coaches, are extremely useful for the purposes of ‘navigation,’ I … Continue reading

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Words and phrases to describe coaching

brainstorm of words that describe aspects of coaching Continue reading

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No Lame Conference Calls

Good friend and colleague, Byron van Arsdale, an experienced coach, has been working in the area of improving the quality of conference calls, here is his latest work http://budurl.com/7hjf Related Posts The Manager as Coach THE MANAGER AS COACH An … Continue reading

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What makes a Great Coach

Coaching can be a very rewarding. It’s the ideal career / activity choice for those who:
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Creating internal coaching capability

Coaching Questions that have proved to be relevant when creating or planning to create coaching capability inside organisations. Some of the questions seem to be difficult to come to terms with, and from experience, when they are answered the end … Continue reading

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Coaching: Facilitating Learning in others

Coaching is so great at drawing out what people ‘Don’t Know that they Know’ (DKK). Coaching is about learning Continue reading

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Why is turning Managers into Coaches so difficult?

The above question attracted by attention and I replied as follows:  (references are at the bottom of the post) Experience tells me that it’s not appropriate to ‘turn managers into coaches’ and that it’s much more relevant to support managers … Continue reading

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Coaching Models–useful or not?

Working recently with an organisation on advanced coaching skills I suggested that the only ‘model’ necessary for them was for the conversation to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. They had previously been drilled in GROW. After their … Continue reading

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Coaching for effective delegation

Delegation is a vital tool for Leaders and Managers both to get the work done and to develop others. Here’s a set of questions that might support coaching a manger on the topic of effective delegation Continue reading

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