Scale model

Notes the growing field of health coaching, where coaching practitioners are being used to help motivate patients to improve their health Stephen Palmer Health coaching is a developing field of practice. It is recognised by professional bodies such as the Association...

The theory of flight

Career coaching is one way to retain and get the best out of employees, but it requires adept coaching to bring staff to the edge of their comfort zone and beyond John Lees Career coaching helps clients to explore the difference between comforting fantasies and real...

True dilemmas!

Explains that tailored codes of ethics are essential as all coaches face ethical dilemmas at some point. It’s even harder for internal coaches Sandra Wilson As organisations develop their internal coaching, we are seeing a growth in the number of staff who take...

Turn up the volume

Two experts give advice on a hypothetical coaching query The problem The ‘quiet man’ in an investment bank will only make director if he gives a better first impression. He has been offered coaching, but will it help? And what exactly do his ‘loud’ new bosses want?...

Ripe for change

Peter Hawkins gives his views on coaching, stating that coaches must simply think systematically. Notes the key role of coaching supervision in the process Liz Hall Imagine that the livelihoods of 2.5 million people and the future of a nation’s political and social...