Working coaches, mentors, supervisors; mid-career
Once upon a time (not so long ago, really) there was no profession as a coach. Even coaching as we know it, did not exist as the theoretical concept in the business world until the late 1980s. We had mentoring, which was and still is in most cultures a non-directive approach to helping someone with...
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Prof David Clutterbuck has spent over 45 years exploring & creating best practice in HR and organisational management and in recent years the factors that make high performing teams. In 2015, Facebook (now META) commissioned David to conduct research across the organisation to try to identify this elusive x factor. Those conclusions went on to (more…)
Coaching executives is a large part of the Transcend business (CCMI’s China Partner). Coaching (done well) is one way that has proven to be exceptionally useful. And as it turns out, coaching is a very effective catalyst for the kinds of change executives and leaders need. This blog explores 2 key insights I’ve learned about coaching...
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Today is Opposite Day (25th January, 2024) The book Doing it Different, published in 1999, was the result of interviews I and a colleague, Sue Kernaghan carried out with companies around the world that we identified on the basis that they were radically different form everyone else in their industry sector. Many were prime examples...
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A couple of decades ago, when I was advising the UK National School of Government on board development, we had an impromptu, informal competition to find the image that best represented the relationship of Boards to the organisations they led. The winner by a large margin was a ghost carrying its severed head under an...
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When someone feels they belong in an environment, what they sense around them makes them feel at home. This can involve a wide variety of stimuli. Among these are: The visual environment: for example, how spacious or confined it is, the general decor, pictures and objects, how people dress, etc The auditory environment: for example,...
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The struggle for gender equality has been the pioneer for all the other aspects of diversity and inclusion we now recognise in the developed world. The way diverse groups increasingly find a voice, the policies governments and corporations adopt to accommodate the needs of diverse groups and the rhetoric of diversity owe a massive debt (more…)
A frequent comment from coaches on our team coaching workshops is that the two most commonly quoted models of team development don’t seem to work well in a coaching environment. There are several reasons for this. One is that the teams coaches are asked to work with are typically already well-established, rather than in the...
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While it’s not essential always essential to have a co-coach, the benefits of doing so are substantial, especially if the team you are working with is more than four people. So, what should you look for in a co-coach? Here are some useful questions to consider: It’s also helpful to consider having a panel of...
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Whether working with an individual or a team, coaches frequently become aware of the existence of pain. Sometimes we feel that pain for and with them. Instinctively, we try to locate the pain, so that we can ease their suffering. And often that leads us to focus on the wrong thing. Much of the time,...
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