Traditional, reverse and reciprocal mentoring – a continuing evolution

Formal mentoring programmes have been around since the early 1980s and have made a massive impact upon the careers of millions. Applications of mentoring have bloomed. For example, return to work mentoring has radically changed the experience of working mothers and ethical mentoring has supported hundreds of would-be whistleblowers in the UK National Health Service...

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How to help clients reset and recover

Studies from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have found that the benefits of a holiday/ vacation disappear within a week. Jessica Bloom, the scientist who conducted the study, recommends six restorative activities that we can use across the year. Together they from the acronym DRAMMA. D = distancing yourself from negative or stressful...

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How to take collective responsibility for individual development

  Personal development plans are a great idea in theory, but in practice simply become another file at the bottom of the desk drawer. There are many reasons for this, but one of the main ones is that all the responsibility lies with the individual to put the plan into practice. Here’s a simple, but...

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“Coachability” – a reflection

I’m hearing the word “coachability” a lot more recently in my supervision groups. For example, “I should have gone with my instinct and turned the client down – he’s not coachable.” There are two schools of thought around this. One is that no-one is uncoachable. The issue is whether this coach is the right coach...

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What’s the right level of discomfort?

Human beings initiate change when they feel discomfort or dissatisfaction. So, in principle, a coaching or mentoring conversation that doesn’t involve some level of discomfort is likely to lead to less significant change than one that does. However, we also tend to avoid discomfort, especially if it is elevated to become pain. We also tend...

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It’s official – talking to yourself is good for you

Talking to oneself is both more common and more useful than we expect. Studies at the University of Nevada suggest that up to 80% of our mental experiences relate to conscious or unconscious, unspoken verbal conversations. Other research shows that the words we use have a substantial impact on what we observe. So much so...

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Second wave coaching and mentoring

Second wave coaching and mentoring In the recent years and particularly in the past 18 months or so, many organisations have been taking a close look at the way they approach coaching and mentoring. They are driven by two reasons. One is that the economic climate has put every discretionary spend under the microscope of...

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Group mentoring

Group mentoring is a relatively recent innovation. It is typically used in situations, where the demand for mentors outstrips the supply. In a typical group mentoring programme, the mentees might meet on their own once a month, acting as peer mentors and agreeing topics they want to bring collectively for discussion with their mentor. They...

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