Coaching

One of the most important aspects of becoming a successful leader is getting to know who you are and learning to appreciate your strengths. Over the last half-century, there have been more than 1000 studies completed to define the characteristics of great leaders. Thankfully, they have all failed to find the silver bullet. There is…

  Most Leaders I Am Speaking To Just Now Have Experienced A Rapid Increase In Pace And Intensity Of Their Work And Private Lives. We Have All Had To Come To Terms With Major Disruptions To Our Businesses And For Many, There Has Been No Slowdown. Far From It. Businesses have had to transform and…

The world is vast compared to our immediate social network, and the question of how closely we are connected has fascinated mathematicians and anthropologists for decades. In 1929, the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy set out a theory that said we are only separated by six degrees, meaning that there are only five people in the…

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the services of coaches have been in demand more than ever. The crisis has caused widespread disruption to the workplace (CIPD, 2020) and increased pressure on the lives of many working professionals (WHO, 2020). Moreover, over the last eighteen months, coaches have been reporting a greater demand for…

Coaching, mentoring, and counselling all sit under the umbrella of talking therapies. They work because the client is free to speak about topics they may otherwise not get a chance to discuss. The coach, mentor or counsellor listens attentively, and clients often describe this as cathartic in our fast pace of life where we are…

I’ve been working in the transformation consulting industry for the last 25 years, and I like to think that I’ve accrued a few nuggets of wisdom along the way. So here is one for you. Top-down change programmes rarely deliver the hoped-for benefits. Why?  Because the direction generated at the top of an organisation doesn’t…

The question of how much you should pay for coaching sessions is an interesting one, especially as the industry grows and morphs. So, before I talk about actual cash numbers, it might be helpful to understand a bit more about this fascinating newcomer to the business services industry. The origins of business coaching have roots…

Over the years, I’ve become interested in that one question that vexes executive coaches and potential clients alike. “What makes a genuinely great executive coach”? As a practitioner myself, I’m always working on my skills, developing my approach, and learning new ways of bringing clarity to a situation. I’m constantly fascinated by how to get…