Coaching – executive privilege or employee right?

Coaching – executive privilege or employee right?

by | Jul 22, 2020 | Coaching

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

by | May 20, 2020 | Leadership

You may not be familiar with W H Davies poem Leisure. You will however recognise its opening lines – “What is this life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare”. The poem later begins some lines with “No time to see…”. Looking back at these weeks of...
Just a coaching side salad?

Just a coaching side salad?

by | May 7, 2020 | Coaching

Organisations often say ‘yes we do coaching’. 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...

FUEL Coaching Model

by | Feb 11, 2020 | Coaching Models

Background to the FUEL model The FUEL model comes from by John Zenger and Kathleen Stinnett and explored in their book “The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow”. Many coaches use ‘coaching models’ to help frame their coaching...