Burnout is a phenomenon we usually associate with individuals. It’s typically the result of long-term stress caused by an inability to get on top of challenges, such as increasing or overwhelming workload. When everyone within a team is experiencing similar stresses, they amplify the problem. When the whole organisation is in the same situation, the stress notches up even further.
Read More Why mature coaches are increasingly moving towards being professional mentors
It’s called status inflation and it starts when kids are in their early teens (or before). They want to appear just that bit more mature than they are. You would think adult coaches would have grown out of this instinct. But we seem the same phenomenon in relation to executive coaching. It seems that any coach, whatever their experience or capability tags the word executive in front of their descriptor. As a result, the term executive coach has been steadily devalued in recent years.
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Read More Becomingness: a critical element of coaching and mentoring
The relationship between performance at work and psychological safety is well-established. High performance requires people (both as individuals and collectively) to be periodically in “flow”. That’s hard to achieve when our thoughts are distracted by fear of, for example, saying the wrong thing, or by the need to maintain a mask that protects us from...
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This simple formula helps someone plan how to bring about a change in an aspect of their life. It’s firmly rooted in positive psychology, because it explores only the positive things they can do. It involves three questions: © David Clutterbuck 2024
A useful summary of research into successful online conversations, especially in group situations comes from Charles Duhigg,in his recent book Supercommunicators. He identifies four golden rules: These rules apply both to the spoken word and to comments in chat. Chat comments, especially when brief, are more likely to be taken ill, as unfair criticism. Other (more…)
Whether it be a computer cable, a garden hose or a shoelace, we all have experienced how hard a is to untangle a tangle. Jiggle the wrong way, or too hard, or too soft and we make it worse. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been experimenting with a robot to find the...
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Apart from a stack of new science fiction, which is my favoured diversion from reality, I’m working my way through three volumes that are opening my mind to new perspectives. The Digital and AI Coaches’ Handbook, to which I co-contributed a chapter captures a very wide spectrum of approaches to how new technology will continue (more…)
The scope of coaching – in terms of the scale and scope of what it addresses – continues to expand. At the turn of the century, almost all coaching was aimed at individuals and involved mostly linear processes of client > problem > coaching > solution. Since then, there has been greater recognition that client...
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One of the key aspects of a sense of work-life balance is feeling in control of your own time. Trouble is, for most of us, maintaining control over our time is increasingly difficult. I’m lucky to have a super-efficient PA, Amanda, who protects my diary. Yet even she can’t prevent the unexpected phone calls I...
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The more we understand and appreciate the value of multiple types of diversity within a team, the more important it becomes to both recognise and accommodate each of these, so that they can contribute to the team’s cohesion and creativity. A golden rule I have learned (the hard way) is that whenever someone frequently and (more…)
