Archive for the ‘become a coach’ Category:
Have you assessed your stressors and your self-care practice?
Have you assessed your stressors and your self-care practice? (NB I will be writing about self-care in parallel with my posts about Coaching for a few weeks. As Coaches are you role modelling good self-care? If not this will be for you too. Even if you are there will be some ideas you can share […]
How does Coaching work?
Have you ever wondered how does Coaching work? Even if you are already a Coach yourself it is worth considering the answer to this simple question. Let me start by sharing some of my experience of Coaching in the Corporate setting. Sometimes we provide the Coaches for an inhouse Coaching programme for one of our […]
What are Coaching Super Tools?
In this post explore some advanced coaching tools used by the most experienced coaches
What is Coaching?
What is Coaching? You may wonder why I am writing such a basic post about “what is coaching? Well, recently I have noticed that in some of our Corporate contracts, there is some confusion. The people who offered coaching have not really understood what it is. Some have even thought they were being punished. In […]
Understanding Drama in the Coaching Room, the theory
So you can have an understanding of Drama in the Coaching Room this week I will lay out the theory in a little more detail. As already mentioned Transactional Analysis has a great model called the “Drama Triangle” (Karpman 1968) as one way of exploring what Berne described as games. In Transactional terms, the interaction […]
How Coaches are invited into the Drama and what happens next!
This week I will start by exploring how Coaches are invited into the Drama. So let me clarify what I am talking about. The models and ideas for this series are drawn from Transactional Analysis. Following on from last week, Coaches can often find themselves being sucked into their client’s Drama and this is unhelpful. […]
Why are Coaches getting sucked into their client’s drama? Great question, right?
A series of articles about using Transactional Analysis in Coaching and Supervision
Why is Contracting important in Coaching Cultures?
Read about the importance of good contracting when setting up a Coaching Culture. Recognise common pitfalls and avoid them before you start.
Does an Executive Coach need to know all about their client’s business?
If you are an Executive Coach or want to become a Coach it is worth considering whether you need to know about your client’s business in order to work with them. There are various opinions about this and I will share mine with you. You may agree or disagree, either way, it is worth thinking […]
What is the importance of recognising emotions in Coaching?
Have you considered the importance of recognising emotions in Coaching? Let me expand, how good are you at recognising your own emotions? How about emotions in your clients? Recognising or Perceiving Emotions is one of the Branches of the MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test). Some people are naturally good at recognising their […]