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Building Confidence

Building Confidence as a Coach: A Self Assessment

Reflecting on years of work with coaches at all stages of development, I can say that confidence bubbles up in a variety of contexts. I have compiled a list of some of the most common that bubble up to the surface for coaches.  The statements are in the first person, so feel free to “hear” […]

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Kindness

Kindness

The cultivation of kindness has scientifically proven positive effects on psychological and physical well-being and our ability to access our creative and other internal resources. Feelings of anger, disgust, contempt, on the other hand, have scientifically proven negative effects. Neuroscientists call this the “approach” vs the “threat” state of mind.  Whether we know it or

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Craig McKenzie on Confidence

On Confidence

Confidence is a moving target. When clients and/or sponsors say things like: “I am not confident”. Or, “I am losing my confidence.” Or, “They need to be more confident.” What is it that they are really looking for? Do they want to feel confident in their mind and body? Do they want others to think

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Team Coaching Skills

The Future of Leadership: Team Coaching Skills for Modern Leaders

The Changing Dynamics of Leadership The traditional hierarchical model of leadership, characterised by top-down decision-making and individual accountability, is gradually being replaced by a more inclusive and collaborative framework. Modern organisations recognise that the collective intelligence and diverse perspectives of a team can lead to more innovative solutions and improved outcomes. As a result, the

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Executive Courage

Insights: Executive Courage

For executives and the coaches that work with them the issue of courage is often a key part of their coaching journey.  In numerous conversations with stakeholders and sponsors of leaders the area of courage has emerged as a key area related to other areas of perceived need.  Courage plays a key role  in areas

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Acceptance, Trust & Letting Go

Cultivating Core Mental Qualities For Happiness And Success – Acceptance, Trust & Letting Go

Acceptance One of the key strategies underpinning resilience, Acceptance does not mean we simply allow everything to wash over us without attempting to intervene in any way.  It simply means that we learn to let go of resistance to that which we cannot influence and, instead of reacting emotionally, simply taking what action one can

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Professional Courage

Professional Courage

Building on our last newsletter and my reflection on Developmental Courage for coaches, this article explores Professional Courage. This can cover a lot of ground, but in general includes the following domains: Ethics Relationship with sponsors, organisations, system Re-contracting Feedback Building your practice In my role as a coach Saying no Marketing and brand Professional Conduct Professional

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Curiosity

Cultivating Core Mental Qualities For Happiness And Success – Curiosity

In this issue we look at cultivating the third core mental quality for happiness and success – CURIOSITY. CURIOSITY Cultivating curiosity, as we define it, means to question our habitual, neurologically conditioned perceptions about people, situations, and our reactions to these perceptions. Curiosity allows us to see the positive potential in such situations, in people

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Developmental Courage

Developmental Courage

Conversational courage is a key dimension of all aspects of our lives in all of the roles that we share. For the purpose of this reflection, our focus is on conversational courage in the context of coaching. This is based on feedback from coaches and clients, mentor coaching, coaching supervision and research into coach maturity. What

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Cultivating Core Mental Qualities For Happiness And Success – Patience

In this issue we look at cultivating the second core mental quality for happiness and success – PATIENCE. What is meant by patience in this context is not simply being patient but more specifically being patient with the sensations of discomfort that we experience when an event arises which we don’t like. Without patience as

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