Professional Coach Training and Development

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

This article deals with a number of core mental qualities which underpin our ability to keep ourselves on track, moment-by-moment, in the midst of profound stress and change.  These qualities also underpin our ability to question and “challenge” thoughts and feelings that drive behaviours which we wish to change.    As an example, we may wish