Manager-as-coach: The coaching contract

First in a short series as manager-as-coach Elaine Robinson and her report and client Rebecca Peat share diaries of their sessions together, starting with the coaching contract Meeting One The coach Elaine Robinson, senior lecturer, HRM, Nottingham Business School,...

Core competencies: creating awareness

Explores the International Coach Federation’s key competency of “creating awareness” Lisa Wynn I doubt many coaches would disagree that a fundamental of coaching is supporting the client to reach a deeper level of awareness. Where we perhaps differ in approach...

Smart mover

Profile of John Leary-Joyce, Gestaltist and founder of the Academy of Executive Coaching Liz Hall For John Leary-Joyce, “risking being alive”, the title of one of his favourite books, is the nearest he has to a motto, and it is one that seems remarkably apt....

Go on, do your worst…

How many times have you been faced with a client and felt crippled by your own ineptitude? In this series, Sam Humphrey looks at stereotypical clients and identifies the CPDs you can undertake to support your coaching mastery. This issue: C’mon and Coach Me Sam...

Nice little earner

Meyler Campbell’s first annual survey asked business coaches a range of probing questions – from fees and motivation to age and status. Henry Marsden reveals the results Henry Marsden Coaches earning £200k a year, working three days a week, living in the country,...