Tag Archives: Coaching

Building a rocket to fly to the moon: are your learning blueprints complete?

Commander Hadfield is the archetypal Social Age hero: rugged but personable commander of the International Space Station, cult hero on Twitter and lead musician in the first ever terrestrial/orbital concert performance. Which, naturally, makes me want to build a rocket … Continue reading

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Learning Leadership: how doing nothing can be more powerful than trying to do everything.

Leadership can be as much about creating space as it is about taking actions. It’s a hot topic at the moment: ‘what is leadership?’, ‘can you learn leadership’, ‘are leaders born or made’? But leadership is not always about doing … Continue reading

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Personal Disclosure in learning. How empathy and experience can shape a very different form of storytelling.

Personal disclosure is often part of storytelling. It’s a way of opening up conversations, of building a bond, of setting a context for what’s being discussed. In informal coaching or mentoring situations, disclosure can be used to help individuals to … Continue reading

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What’s the point of Coaching? Understanding the role of the formal and informal Coach.

It’s probably only fair to say from the start that i’m posing a question to which i have no answer. I think i know why Coaching is a good thing, but i can only tell you what the point of … Continue reading

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Team Coaching: learning how one plus one may equal three.

I enjoyed breakfast yesterday in good company at an inspiring seminar by Professor Peter Hawkins (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-hawkins/0/177/b27), talking about Team Coaching. Now, i’m not going to attempt to explain the detail of what he talked about, as i can come nowhere … Continue reading

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Coaching from outside the organisation. Why finding a group of widely differing individuals to coach us can unlock new ideas and broaden our perspective.

When you’re facing a particular challenge, be it a technical problem or looking at your leadership style, having a coach can be particularly useful. For some, having formal coaching sessions is invaluable, whilst for others, a more informal style and … Continue reading

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Coaching. What’s it really all about?

Just settling in for the nine hour flight to Toronto. Never at my best confined in small spaces, i decided that a distraction was in order, the chance to write a more reflective article on one of life’s big questions. … Continue reading

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