Silence is Golden

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As most people who know me would probably agree, I’m not exactly a shrinking violet. I’m very fond of a bit of vocal exercise. Embarking on my business coaching training programme with Meyler Campbell, this trait of talking a lot was a big source of anxiety for me. Kind friends have told me I’m a […]

Laura Whitworth et al’s Co-Active Coaching

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Let me get my little gripe on this one out of the way right at the start. The emphasis on co-active coaching appears somewhat unnecessary and artificial, as I can’t see any fundamental differences between this and what I’ve learned so far about coaching in its unadorned and unqualified state. I don’t disagree with the […]

Business is Booming with Brad Sugars

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After two and a half hours I was tired, thirsty and my head was spinning. Brad was still going strong and he showed no sign of letting up. I’d wanted to leave from the very first minute, but somehow I couldn’t. I was anchored to my seat, enthralled. This was business coaching with a difference. Liz […]

Chemistry Meetings: To have them or not, that is the question

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Meeting someone in person gives rise to a different dynamic than is possible by email, or even by phone. You very quickly get a first impression and discover the strength of the rapport, if any. In my job as a business publisher, I always like to meet my authors before we sign up to work […]

Jenny Rogers, Coaching Skills – Review

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This is a practical and generally very encouraging guide to coaching. It provides specific tips, even down to lists of tried and tested questions to ask clients and lots of discussions of what actually happens in a coaching session. Well-integrated case studies bring the advice to life. Liz GoosterI like to describe myself as happily […]

Listen Here

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As on any well-run training course, our coaching tutorials involve engaging exercises that challenge our preconceptions and begin to build new perspectives. Focused listening is intrinsic to effective coaching. The Coaches Training Institute identifies three possible levels of listening, with focused listening only kicking in at level 2, suggesting that this is not such an […]

Back to School

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As a veteran of two tutorials, a telephone supervision and two chemistry meetings, I now feel fully ‘into’ my coaching programme. It’s hugely stimulating and enjoyable and I must try hard not to become a dinner party bore with all my wide-eyed stories of coaching discoveries. Well, I guess that’s what this blog is for! […]

Coaching? It’s all about chemistry

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I’ve been accepted on to the Meyler Campbell business coaching programme, as I wrote about in my last post – so what now? Before starting the course itself, I needed to have ‘chemistry meetings’ with my prospective coach-trainer and the other two members of our potential ‘syndicate’, the tutorial-style team of three in which we’d […]

John Whitmore’s Coaching for Performance

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Clearly-written in a positive but not gushing style, this book has a well-deserved classic status and advocates a no-nonsense approach that has been proven to work Whitmore’s book is one of the cornerstones of the coaching literature and it’s easy to see why. A former professional racing driver, back in the early 1990s when coaching […]

How many coaches does it take to change a light bulb?

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I’m about to embark on a journey and I’m not sure where it will end. When I think about it, my pulse judders, and a cocktail of excitement and apprehension quickens my blood. As a keen traveller, and one who rarely maps out a fixed plan in advance, this isn’t entirely a new sensation: the […]

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