My thoughts on executive coaching
Last month I looked at managing work-life balance and suggested that managing boundaries and delegating could help...READ MORE
The issue of work-life balance is a common topic for many coaching clients and it is, in my experience, rarely that their personal life is...READ MORE
Our appetite for coaching as an approach to developing our people is growing exponentially. Where once it was restricted to private...READ MORE
When describing what to expect from coaching to a client, I often use the support/challenge matrix to help the client visualise the relationship between supporting and challenging them...READ MORE
If IQ (intelligence quotient) is a measure of intelligence, reason and logic, then EQ (emotional quotient) is a measure of emotional understanding...READ MORE
The topic of managing intergenerational teams has been raised with me by clients quite regularly since the pandemic, and yet I don’t recall it being raised...READ MORE
In my blog post Reflecting on working as an internal and external business coach one of the key differences I saw between the two approaches, in my experience, was that stakeholder (360) feedback was less used in external coaching than internal coaching...READ MORE
I recently ran a coaching session for an management team to explore managing in a downturn. The session encouraged the managers to step back...READ MORE
In December I looked back at my highlights and key learning points from 2022 and now, in January I’m looking at the coaching topics I want to explore and share in 2023...READ MORE
As a coach, you spend a lot of time encouraging clients to reflect. This is because this is a great way to develop self-awareness, identify strengths and development areas...READ MORE
In March 2021, I got the opportunity to work for Robert Walters as part of their global talent development team. The role entails coaching Robert Walters global leaders...READ MORE
This month I am exploring High Performing Teams in more detail and using two examples to help bring the theory to life...READ MORE
Whether working with teams or individuals, how to encourage greater collaboration and manage conflict are two regular coaching topics...READ MORE
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that I recently said I would be looking at self-awareness, self-reflection and emotional intelligence...READ MORE
Self-belief can be defined as confidence in oneself and one’s ability, while Confidence when referring to oneself is feeling sure...READ MORE
The last time I was directly involved in a pregnancy was when I was born. So, I am holding my hand up to having no life experience of pregnancy...READ MORE
This month, as I thought about Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and its relationship with coaching, I realised I have yet to...READ MORE
I recall someone once telling me there are four perspectives in a relationship between two people...READ MORE
Habits are often described as second nature: “That which has been turned into a habitual practice will be done with little or no conscious effort”...READ MORE
I remember working with UK local authorities a few years ago, which were faced with budget challenges and the need to make savings...READ MORE
Last month I looked back at 2021 and this month I am looking forward to 2022 and thinking about what hot coaching topics I want to explore...READ MORE
One of the things I like about writing my blogs is that they prompt me, in January, to think about which topics I plan to cover in the year ahead...READ MORE
If you think of the most inspirational leader you have ever worked for or known, what was it that they did that drew you to them...READ MORE
The definition of resilience is that it is:
Congratulations, you just landed that big new role that you always wanted! Now, what are you going to do to make a success of it...READ MORE
Whilst I haven’t worked any of the roles in this blog’s title (except for Spy, which I’m not allowed to talk about), I have been a lifeguard...READ MORE
This month, I’m moving back to more classic coaching territory, with one of the coaching challenges that often comes up for clients, which is...READ MORE
In my blogs to date, I have focused mainly on 1 to 1 coaching, but this month I am looking at team coaching. Many of the core coaching skills...READ MORE
This month I am looking at another of my 2021 hot coaching topics, which is business ethics. The Institute of Business Ethics, IBE, describes business ethics as...READ MORE
This month, I am looking at the third of my predicted hot coaching objectives for 2021, with which we are back on more familiar territory, looking at the...READ MORE
I remember as a child having a 'Stop the bloody Whaling' poster on my bedroom wall and avidly watching anything that featured one of the two...READ MORE
This month I’m looking forward and thinking about one of my hot coaching topic predictions for 2021, which is Corporate responsibility and sustainability...READ MORE
I finished 2020 with a look back over the year that had passed, as well as reflecting on the issue of trust and how it had fared during the Covid-19 pandemic...READ MORE
December is a good month to consider the year that has passed, so I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect on my first blog post...READ MORE
This month I am looking at how my career influences my coaching. To start with, my professional journey has been quite varied. I started working for Unilever...READ MORE
This month I am looking at the use of Questioning in coaching, the fifth and final skill that the Academy of Executive Coaches identified as the five hottest skills...READ MORE
According to Peter Drucker (pictured), a key player in modern business management, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”...READ MORE
This month I examine the fourth of the five skills that the Academy of Executive Coaching see as the key coaching skills, which is the importance of Coach...READ MORE
In previous blog posts, I have looked at two of the five skills that the Academy of Executive Coaching see as key to good coaching (listening and facilitation)...READ MORE
If you have never engaged the services of a business or executive coach before, it can be a little bewildering knowing what to look for or to ask of...READ MORE
In my blog posts to date, I have looked at what executive coaching is, how my life experiences shaped me as a coach and the benefits you can expect...READ MORE
I recently took part in a webinar hosted by WBECs, with David Peterson and David Goldsmith, on how coaching can help through the COVID-19 crisis...READ MORE
In this month’s blog, I focus on what the client gets from the coaching experience and, in doing so, I hope to be able to help you visualise what a coaching...READ MORE
As an Executive Coach, I am often asked about by my background and values, and why I got into coaching in the first place. So, I thought it would be...READ MORE
As I consider my developing coaching practice and the conversations I have had with people about executive coaching, I recognise that there are...READ MORE
Whilst reflecting on my developing coaching practice, I started to think of the key principles that belong to all client/coach relationships. One of the most...READ MORE
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As coaching is not an advice-giving service, these blogs are not written with the intention of proposing solutions to common leadership challenges. Instead, they are thought pieces with the aim of prompting the reader to think more deeply about the topic and reflect on whether it warrants further exploration, with or without a coach.
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