Techniques, models, exercises, checklists, how-to guides
Many of the issues that coaches and mentors encounter can be classified as ethical dilemmas. These occur when a person either feels that they are being asked to do things that are against their moral values, or when they have a conflict between two or more of their own values. An example of the former...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Suggesting to someone else that they need counselling takes courage. As a coach or mentor, you will in most cases not be a qualified therapist – and even if you were, there are potential conflicts of role between mentoring/coaching and therapy. The two key questions here are: What to watch out for Signs that the...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Read More When to refer a coachee or mentee for professional counselling or therapy
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...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
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...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Read More How to recognise and help a coachee/ mentee manage loneliness
Virtual teams have a number of differences compared with co-located teams. On the plus side, their geographical dispersion means that they can draw upon a wider and more diverse pool of talent. It is also easier to maintain 24-hour oversight of issues, if people are in multiple time zones. There is also some evidence that...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
People often struggle to get the right balance between doing things themselves and delegating to others. Here are some simple questions to manage the conversation about this: For each answer, ask also: A useful analogy lies in Spring cleaning. Imagine you have a whole week to de-clutter your home. Starting with any room and working...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Walking down the street 25 years ago, the sight of someone talking to themselves would probably make you want to cross the road to avoid them. Nowadays, it is nothing strange – we assume that they are on their mobile phone. But the idea that inner conversations should not be vocalised is a vestige of...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Although only one person in 500 is receiving treatment for a delusional disorder at any time, the rest of us are much more susceptible to bizarre and irrational beliefs than we like to admit. A recent study asking people about 17 delusional beliefs (for example: Do you ever feel there is a conspiracy against you?...
You must be a member to access this content.
Why not sign up to a month's free trial?
Moving into a new role is one of the most common situations that arises in coaching and mentoring. There are multiple uncertainties and inevitable concerns on all sides. The new role holder will usually have to make adjustments in how they lead, but it may not be clear what these should be. Here are 12 (more…)
Read More 12 questions to help a client transition to a new role
OK, so we know that either inherently, or as practised, or both, pretty much everything HR has relied upon for managing talent in recent decades turns out to be ineffective, misleading and in some cases, damaging. We also know about the sunk cost trap in decision-making – sticking with something that doesn’t work, because you (more…)
