The Power of Pulling It Together
Coaching conversations (and most conversations, actually) are much like two people walking down a road together. When they come to a crossroad, they can look back at the ground they’ve covered, and then decide together which road to take next. What do I mean by ‘crossroad’? I mean any point in time where it looks […]
The Related Relational Leader: Getting to the heart of CSA’s Full Spectrum Map for Leadership by Elaine Patterson
Thought Piece The Related Relational Leader Getting to the Heart of CSA’s Full Spectrum Map for Leadership …because “WHO you ARE is HOW you lead”™… An Ongoing Conversation By Elaine Patterson Introduction This paper explains how leadership ultimately exists both in and as a relationship with self, with others and with the […]
“WHO you are is HOW you talk”….. Introducing a Conversational Map for Creative Conversations by Elaine Patterson
…transforming conversations to transform work…. Introduction This article introduces the strategic argument for making Creative Conversations mainstream as the necessary response to innovate our way out of today’s pressing economic, social, cultural and technological challenges. This article crystallizes CSA’s insights and expertise in this field with presentation of CSA’s Conversational Map™ for inviting and hosting […]
Why leading is so difficult and how super-Vision can help by Elaine Patterson
“You see things not as they are but HOW you are” Eric Butterworth Leading well is hard. This is because leading well is both business and personal; and leading is a people business. The person who is the leader is the common denominator. As the title of Kabat-Zinn’s book suggests “wherever you go […]
Through the Cultural Lens – Who I am is How I Supervise
One of the foundational pillars of a coach or a coach supervisor is their own personal development and journey. Edna Murdoch, Director of the Coaching Supervision Academy (CSA), says “who you are is how you coach/supervise”, and, I would add, for me, who I am is how I lead, mother, grandmother, facilitate, and just show […]
Accredited Supervision diploma, London – booking now
CSA is a world leader in the provision of excellent supervision training for coaches, leaders, HR and senior managers. CSA’s EMCC accredited Diploma in Coaching Supervision is starting in October 2015. This programme is also approved by ICF (62. 5 credits). Amazingly, this is the 10th annual programme that we have run in the UK. We’re […]
Demystifying Coaching Presence
Demystifying Coaching Presence Deepening your practice Join us for an intimate workshop and gain 6.5 ICF CCEU’s towards your CPD How can you be more present for your clients to create an open, flexible and confident relationship? What if you could truly experience being present and noticing what is ‘going on’ in the here […]
ICF award for CSA graduate, Amanda Cahir-O’Donnell
We are delighted to announce that Amanda Cahir-O’Donnell, PCC with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and recently qualified Accredited Coach Supervisor with CSA, has achieved the honour of becoming the first person in Ireland to receive the ‘Executive Coach of the Year Award – 2014’ from the ICF Ireland. We are really proud of her […]
Out of My Control
Many of the people I coach are quite ambitious. They set significant goals for themselves that seem to fall into one of two categories. To get someone else to change a particular behavior To change one’s own behavior A few years ago I was coaching a senior manager who was quite frustrated with her boss […]
