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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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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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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Read More Belonginess surveys – how to get under the surface of people’s lived experience at work
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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When I reflect on what I am grateful for, high on the list is having a son with Down Syndrome. Today (21st March, 2024) is World Down Syndrome Day – an annual event to celebrate the benefits that people with learning difficulties can bring to the world. A few weeks ago, my son Jonathan competed...
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When I first heard of coaching sessions, where both coach and client talk as they knit, my first thought was someone was trying to pull the wool over my eyes. There’s enough clack clack going on in many coaching conversations as it is. However, a recent paper from the Serbian Institute of Applied Coaching Psychology (more…)
Read More Tied up in knots? Does knitting therapy bind the coach-client relationship?
Somewhere in my files is a note on a piece of research a few years ago, which explored how people’s response to the world evolved as they became more senior in the corporate world. It suggested that decreasing direct involvement with stakeholders and increasing exposure to numbers reduced people’s humanity. It’s another take on “all...
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Imagine coming to work each day and putting on an act, in order to fit in. Smiling at jokes that seem unfunny, putting up with background noise that interferes with our concentration, yet pretending it’s OK, because no-one else seems to find it a problem, nodding as if you understand exactly what’s required, when you (more…)
Read More How coaches and mentors can help clients on the autistic spectrum be authentic
A study from Oxford Brookes University found 40 topics that occurred frequently in coaching assignments. In order of frequency at first meetings, they were: Notably absent from this list is systemic thinking, which may represent the lack of relevant skills among the coaches surveyed. The survey also did not address how the coaches responded – (more…)
Read More What do executive coaches and their clients talk about?
