Coaching – executive privilege or employee right?

Coaching – executive privilege or employee right?

Executive coaching has origins in the 1940-60s. Senior managers were offered counselling by organisational psychologists to excel in their work. It really took off in 1992 after John Whitmore published his book Coaching for Performance. Executive coaching has become a...
Leaders – Take Time to Stand and Stare

Leaders – Take Time to Stand and Stare

You may not be familiar with W H Davies poemĀ Leisure. You will however recognise its opening lines ā€“ ā€œWhat is this life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stareā€. The poem later begins some lines with ā€œNo time to seeā€¦ā€. Looking back at these weeks of...
Just a coaching side salad?

Just a coaching side salad?

Organisations often say ā€˜yes we do coachingā€™. Dig deeper, yes they may have put people through some coach training. Some senior managers may have some form of Executive Coaching. But little more than that is present. Though in the same breath these organisations fully...