The manager as coach mindset

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

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

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 using the TGROW model?

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

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

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?

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...
Which coaching qualification?

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

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...