The coaching at depth series 2. What does it mean to be a depth team coach? Team coaching seems to be the hottest topic in the coaching professional community at present. All the professional bodies feature it on their webinar Read more…
Introduction Coaching is such a generic term, meaning different things to different people in different contexts, so it is increasingly important to say what we mean by it, and general distinctions between life coaching and leadership coaching or executive coaching, Read more…
Happy New Year! To kick off the year I am sharing a selection of video and audio content I came across from my research last year (particularly from the Rebel Wisdom archive), that may help deepen and broaden our psychospiritual Read more…
Ways of being and becoming In this final article in my series exploring the way the coaching profession is evolving, I want to draw upon the work of Iain McGilchrist, whose bestseller ‘The Master and his Emissary’ and his more Read more…
Part I: The coaching landscape The coaching profession is growing and changing fast. The pandemic has combined with technology, new business models and shifting attitudes to work and life, to accelerate existing trends and create a new landscape for the Read more…
Why an article about the positivity bias in coaching? Surely coaching is about accentuating the positive, bringing about positive change in people’s lives? Working towards desired goals and outcomes, realising inner potential and supporting personal growth? Well, yes on one Read more…
In my previous article I described some evolutionary trends in the coaching profession and made the case for a holistic approach to leadership coaching. In this and subsequent articles I will explore critical issues facing the profession as a whole, Read more…
The modern coaching profession as we know it today has evolved through a complex interplay of origins, including sports coaching, various psychologies and the human helping professions – in response to an ever changing panoply of individual and organisation needs. Read more…
‘To fully answer the call of Anti-Racism and ethically serve our fellow human beings, organisations must also engage in deep introspection to transform completely that which holds them back from this call. This includes reforming individual and collective consciousness and Read more…
In July last year I completed a series of four posts on the ‘dynamics of social transformation’, and then set about the even thornier theme of ‘the mess we are in – how we go there and how to get Read more…