No 3 in The Coaching at Depth Series, by Aubyn Howard Introduction In the first article in this series on Coaching at Depth, I touched upon the kind of psychology that the depth coach can draw upon, proposing that we need: to engage with a psychospiritual, holistic, integrative psychology such Read more…
We are just under a week away from our psychosynthesis coaching symposium, titled ‘Finding Agency in the Face of Crisis’ – Thursday 7 March in London at the NCVO (tickets still available here). What do we mean by crisis in this context? For me this refers to the existential crisis Read more…
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 or podcast programmes, and alongside an extensive existing literature, Relational 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, are no longer sufficient. The evolving coaching profession is going 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 awareness and systemic understanding of the interplay of individual and 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 recent ‘The Matter with Things’ I am currently reading. These 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 coaching industry. After touching briefly upon this emergent landscape by 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 hand there is a natural or default emphasis or bias 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, starting with the need to make self-regulation work effectively in 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. The profession has grown with a richness in diversity such Read more…
