Fancy a coffee? Why taking an hour out on World Mental Health Day is a good idea
In 1993, the American psychologist James Hillman published a book called “We’ve had a hundred years of psychotherapy and the...
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Leaving your baggage behind
At Roffey Park, we start most development programmes and workshops by a process of so-called “checking-in”: the invitation to participants to speak...
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...
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...