The manager as coach mindset James Hunt and Joseph Weintraub (authors of ‘The Coaching Manager: Developing top talent in business’) identified eight key attributes of...
Structures and habits As a line manager, you might be asked to help someone break a habit. You could use Charles Duhigg’s approach. We all develop different habits, but...
Giving and receiving feedback Given and received well, feedback can support people in achieving great things. Given or received badly, it can destroy relationships and...
Are you asking the right coaching questions? How can you help someone get to the heart of the matter? They may need your support to really drill down. As a manager, these are the sorts of...
Are you using the TGROW model? TGROW is a highly effective coaching approach in the workplace – a great structure for a great coaching moment. Miles Downey, in his book...
4 Key coaching skills for managers When thinking about coaching, there’s often a focus on specific models or methods, not to mention certifications. Which is all good, of course, so...
Coaching and contracting In a Maximum Coaching survey earlier this year, 80% of respondents said their organisations were, ‘working towards a coaching culture’. And...
Do you webinar? Have you noticed that people seem to have stopped talking about the ‘new normal’? In early 2020, as we all hunkered down to get through the...
Can you contribute to enhancing the understanding of how coaches develop expertise? Elizabeth Crosse is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and holds three Masters degrees including an MA in Coaching and Mentoring. She draws on a rich...
The developmental journey: How do executive coaches identify their development needs? Discovering how executive coaches can build their capability and acquire expertise. Executive coaches play a significant role in the field of...
Which coaching qualification? These days, I imagine most articles relating to work, management, HR and so on begin with reference to the coronavirus pandemic. This one does...
Coaching for business success When most people think about coaching, they imagine an individual (a senior executive?) having one-to-one chats with someone who supports them as...