Category Archives: Coaching

Mentoring: a matter of Hope and Trust

Posted on November 27, 2013 by julianstodd

I thought I’d got off at the wrong floor at first: the buzz of conversation was loud, even from the lift lobby. I was priding myself at having arrived early for the Mentoring event, thinking I’d have time to catch … Continue reading →

Posted in Achievement, Coaching, Culture, Equality, Everyday Reality, Gender | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

The Social Leader as enabler

Posted on May 30, 2013 by julianstodd

Today, i want to focus on one aspect of Social Leadership: ‘Social Learning Enabler‘. In the Social Age, generosity is a key survival trait, alongside high social capital (the ability to survive and thrive in online learning and collaboration spaces). … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Authority, Coaching, Collaboration, Community, Culture, Leadership, Learning, Personal Learning Network, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

Learning with music

Posted on October 15, 2012 by julianstodd

The following article is a collaboration between Julian and Sarah Ackroyd. Sarah is a director of the Centre for Mentoring and Coaching, as well as being a talented musician. Sarah and Julian are both passionate about music. It engages us … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Creative, Difference, Environment, Familiarity, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Learning, Music, Performance, Songs | Tagged , | 4 Comments

If you don’t know, then who does? Reflecting on learning and training

Posted on October 4, 2012 by julianstodd

Rich is taking a month long course to teach English as a foreign language. I’m impressed. It’s a notoriously challenging qualification and intense to do in a month. Back to the days of homework and late nights of study. Which … Continue reading →

Posted in Coaching, Education, Grammar, Knowledge, Learning, Teaching, Training, Words, Writing | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Social learning: trust and integrity in a globalised workforce

Posted on June 20, 2012 by julianstodd

The mercenary workforce: that was the term that came up yesterday in a seminar on trust and integrity in the global, virtualised workplace. It represented a point in our thinking when we recognised that people feel let down by their … Continue reading →

Posted in Authority, Change, Choices, Coaching, Engagement, Global, Integrity, Learning, Social Learning, Trust | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

What you want, when you want it: structuring information in the right way

Posted on June 19, 2012 by julianstodd

I’m reading a great book at the moment, ‘Made to stick’ by Chip and Dan Heath. It’s about ideas, about why some ideas take hold and others just come unstuck. I like the conversational style, the wealth of examples and … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Clarity, Coaching, Effectiveness, Information, Instructional Design, Learning, Learning Design, Performance, Social Learning, Support | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Mainstream Mentoring. Understanding the benefits of a consistent approach.

Posted on January 27, 2012 by julianstodd

There is a difference between a ‘conversation’ and a ‘mentoring conversation’. As with so many things, it’s the nuance and detail that counts. The point of adopting a formalised mentoring programme is that it can give a consistent approach to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 25, 2012 by julianstodd

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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Building a ‘Results Logbook’: an alternative view of the footsteps we take out of learning.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by julianstodd

We often build ‘activity plans‘ to take out of a piece of learning: it’s a way of capturing actions that we hope will drive us to change behaviours. Sometimes, with sufficient motivation and coaching, it works! But a different approach … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Case, Coaching, Effectiveness, Footsteps, Instructional Design, Learning, Learning Methodology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted on October 26, 2011 by julianstodd

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 →

Posted in Coaching, Depression, Empathy, Learning, Narrative, Reflection, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment