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Coaching

In this section we aim to bring you articles of interest to coaches, managers who coach, training managers who employ specialists, and anyone involved in the wider coaching industry, both in the UK and abroad.

You’ll find our regular Coaching Conundrums column, as well as items and debate on coaching qualifications, supervision, marketing, coaching methods, NLP, using ‘clean’ language, and dependency.

Coaching Conundrum: I don’t know...don’t know!

03/09/2010 - 11:50 - 931 reads - 5 comments
postit man frustrated
Richard Hawkes describes how to deal with a coachee who has an attack of the 'I don't know' syndrome.
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Social media mentoring service launches

02/25/2010 - 14:40 - 605 reads - 1 comment
Social media
A new personalised mentoring service for CEOs and senior executives wanting to better understand and effectively use social media has launched.

'Where were all the coaches when the banks went down?' Part 4: Tension

02/15/2010 - 14:02 - 868 reads - 1 comment
Where were the coaches?
John Blakey explores the FACTS coaching model - this month looks at 'T' for 'Tension'.

The evolving vision and role of the coach

02/08/2010 - 12:12 - 2729 reads - 3 comments
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Andrew Machon discusses how the role of the coach has evolved.

Answering the question

01/29/2010 - 13:41 - 1103 reads
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The answer to the question 'what do you do?' is much more important than you think. Melissa Kidd explains.

Coaching virtual leaders

01/21/2010 - 15:05 - 960 reads - 2 comments
Future eye, collaborative learning,
Ghislaine Caulat explores why virtual leaders need support and development.

Hand over the keys and let your novice leaders drive

01/15/2010 - 09:48 - 1145 reads
Icy roads
Teaching people to drive in slippery and unpredictable conditions is a useful coaching analogy for improving the competence and confidence of would-be leaders, says Alan Ward.

Coaching case study: Coach, change me!

01/13/2010 - 16:40 - 1128 reads
Mr Ben
Richard Hawkes of UnlimitedPotential looks at what to do when your client believes that coaching will magically change them.

Why shouldn’t senior HR professionals have an external mentor?

01/06/2010 - 09:23 - 730 reads - 3 comments
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Judith Germain says its about time that HR stopped falling on its sword and get the training it deserves.

'Where were all the coaches when the banks went down?' Part 3: Challenge

01/05/2010 - 12:04 - 1157 reads
Where were the coaches?
In the next article of his FACTS coaching model series, John Blakey looks at 'C' for 'Challenge'.
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Mentoring

Mentoring is a growing discipline in many organisations, particularly those dedicated to leadership development. To this end, we run a mentoring month each year on site - please get in touch if you have any interesting mentoring content you would like to share with the community.

Here are just some of the latest mentoring features:

Why shouldn't HR professionals have an external mentor?

Women and mentoring: The corporate counter attack

Talking 'bout my generation

Mentoring for the future

Mentoring v coaching: The great debate

Why corporate mentoring often doesn't work

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