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10 Ways to Coach More Positively
10 Ways to Coach More Positively
Two coaches sit with the same brief: a client stuck on a stalled project, frustrated with a team which keeps missing deadlines. One coach spends the session picking through what... Read more
Getting Feedback As a Coach
Getting Feedback As a Coach
A coach three years into practice has a full diary and grateful clients. No one has told them anything specific about their coaching in a long time. Their clients thank... Read more
What Is Presence In Coaching?
What Is Presence In Coaching?
A coach is three minutes into a session, nodding along, and realises they have not heard a word of the last sentence. Some part of their mind wandered off to... Read more
Do You Need a Coach with a Specialism?
Do You Need a Coach with a Specialism?
A finance director shortlisting a coach for their CFO insists on someone who has sat in a similar seat, run a similar budget, felt similar pressure from a board. Down... Read more
Measuring Coaching ROI
Measuring Coaching ROI
A finance director asks an HR lead to justify next year's coaching budget in one slide. The HR lead has satisfaction scores, a stack of grateful emails from coached leaders,... Read more
What Is Coaching Culture: Benefits For Organisations
What Is Coaching Culture: Benefits For Organisations
A manager finishes a coaching skills course and changes how they run their one-to-ones. They ask more, tell less, and her team notices. Six months later, nothing else in the... Read more
Coaching Communication Skills: A Practical Guide
Coaching Communication Skills: A Practical Guide
A manager runs a one-to-one meaning to coach rather than direct, asks a good opening question, then fills the silence following before the other person has finished thinking. The intention... Read more