Techniques, models, exercises, checklists, how-to guides
The five P model, created by Patti Stevens, provides a simple but effective framework for contracting between a coach and a supervisor – both at the start of a relationship and as an occasional check-in. The 5 Ps are: Purpose: Agreement on the nature and intent of coaching supervision in general and for this relationship...
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Textbooks on developmental coaching or mentoring tend to talk about the need to take a non-directive approach to helping clients. But being non-directive is a very general term for a range of influencing styles, from which the coach or mentor can choose. Recognising which style is most appropriate in different circumstances is an important skill....
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Coaching isn’t always a comfortable experience. When it achieves most, it often involves an uncomfortable journey into ourselves and our motivations. According to research by Dr Paul Stokes at Sheffield Hallam University, coachees can be skilled at engaging with the coaching conversation – or at avoiding difficult issues. Engaging processes include scenario planning, remaining open (more…)
In challenging working environments, resilience is increasingly an essential competence. People, who are resilient, are better able to cope with unexpected change, with setbacks and disappointments, with high stress environments and with periods of excessive workload. The signs of low resilience are generally easy to spot. They include inability to make decisions, frequent minor physical...
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Introduction What is a learning conversation? Your expectations “Speaking truth to power” When and how to be open and challenging in learning conversations across power and authority differentials Preparing for mentoring meetings How preparation builds confidence Taking, giving and using critical feedback Skills, attitudes and behaviours Reflecting on the mentoring meeting Extracting and implementing useful...
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Read More Mentoring up a guide to mentoring someone more senior than you
CBABI stands for: Context, Beliefs and Values, Assumptions, Behaviours, Impact. It starts from the observation that we are all subject to and part of ever-changing systems. When we set out to achieve a goal, multiple systems come into play, which may help or hinder us – is and this is particularly so in the context...
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Introduction What is a learning conversation? Your expectations “Speaking truth to power” When and how to be open and challenging in learning conversations across power and authority differentials Preparing for mentoring meetings How preparation builds confidence Taking, giving and using critical feedback Skills, attitudes and behaviours Reflecting on the mentoring meeting Extracting and implementing useful...
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The GROWTH model is a development from the GROW model. The additional stages of the model are shown in bold type: For a deeper discussion of this model, see the book by John Campbell and Christian van Nieuwerburgh (2018) The Leader’s Guide to Coaching in Schools, Corvin, Thousand Oaks, CA © David Clutterbuck, 2017
Techniques – Dilts’ Logical levels Logical levels is a method of helping someone think through more deeply how they relate to the world around them. The theory, which applies to both individuals and groups or teams, has its origins in the work of philosopher Bertrand Russell and anthropologist Gregory Bateson. It was popularised as a...
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It’s a common misconception that loneliness is about isolation from or lack of contact with other people. In reality, people differ greatly in how they respond to being on their own. Loneliness is a feeling of being socially isolated that can and often does occur even when someone is surrounded by and has frequent contact...
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Read More How to recognise and help a coachee or mentee manage loneliness
