One of the most frequent areas of confusion is the around Accreditation (or Credentialing for the ICF). All 3 main governing bodies have different requirements, processes and standards which continue to evolve as the coaching market does but for now, I am only focusing on the main 2 bodies our coaches are linked with – (more…)
This is a specifics post about Team Coach Accreditation / Credentialing as part of our training programmes. If you are after a more general post about accreditation / credentialing please visit this post. So in that context, here is my understanding of the current processes. Any mistakes or mis-understandings are entirely my own and feel (more…)
The power of hope in helping people achieve their goals is remarkable. Research shows that more than half the variance in performance by female athletes is attributable to the quality of hope they exhibit 1. People who have strong reserves of hope tend to be more proactive about their health and are more resilient in (more…)
You might find our Planning for Team Resilience blog a useful introduction to building resilience within a team. The Team Resilience Questionnaire provides a practical way to assess team resilience. Use it to establish both an average team score and areas where there is maximum variation in team members’ responses. This will allow you to (more…)
In general, teams tend to assume a much greater level of goal alignment than is actually the case. High goal alignment happens when everyone is fully agreed about the priorities of what they are trying to achieve and why; and at the same time, fully agreed about how they will go about making the goals (more…)
This simple approach brings focus and depth to team or small group discussions. The three questions are: What makes this issue meaningful for me? This is about giving everyone a chance, individually, to reflect upon and share their experiences, hopes and concerns about the issue. What makes this issue meaningful for us? This is about...
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When a coach / mentor is truly attentive to a client, they listen intently. They do so not just with their ears, but with their eyes and their intuition. Of course, being in that state of high attentiveness continuously isn’t easy – internal and external distractions constantly interrupt our total attention and cause us to (more…)
Coaches and mentors need creativity skills for two main reasons. Firstly, they need to have effective ways to help the client overcome “stuckness” — to generate new thinking by proffering new ways of looking at problems and opportunities. Secondly, they need to be creative in their approach to the learning conversation, recognising when experimenting with...
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A study of heart surgery teams moving from open heart to keyhole surgery looked at the factors that most influenced how the teams evolved to achieve the required levels of speed and quality in their operations. Overwhelming, the key factor was psychological safety — the environment, where people in the team, regardless of status or (more…)
Sending line managers on courses to learn how to coach doesn’t have a strong track record of working. One of the reasons is that “it takes two to tango” – effective coaching is something you do with other people, not to them. You can engage your team with the coaching process by: Exploring with them...
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