Introducing CSA’s Leadership Full Spectrum Map
“The LIving Fields of Leadership” because “WHO you are is HOW you lead” .. transforming self to transform work… Read the article »
Interrupting……..
When it comes to coaching, questions are the engine that drives deeper exploration and rich conversations. When you ask a question and the reply is “Good question!”, or “THAT is the question!” BINGO! Together you have probably just identified the real issue, goal or barrier. I so often see “Good question!” create such a fine […]
The Courageous super-Visee by Elaine Patterson
The Courageous super-Visee By Elaine Patterson “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. Nelson Mandela I recently attended a workshop run by Dr. Alison Hodge when she posed the question […]
Leading from “WHO you ARE” by Elaine Patterson
“No leader sets out to be a leader. People set out to live their lives, expressing themselves fully. When that expression is of value, they become leaders. So the point is not to become a leader. The point is to become yourself, to use yourself completely – all your skills, gifts and energies […]
Are you taking note?
Are You Taking Note? Boring? At first glance, the topic of note taking may seem to be one of the more mundane items to cover in a blog post on coaching. I beg to differ, and propose that it actually offers an abundance of insight as to what might be going on ‘between the lines’ (no […]
Keeping ourselves fit for practice
After recently completing her doctoral research inquiry into coaching supervision, Dr Alison Hodge, CSA Trainer and Course supervisor, extends an invitation for you to participate in her next coaching supervision group starting in February 2015. Alison has extensive experience in executive coaching supervision and coupled with her recent doctoral research inquiry into coaching supervision will […]
CSA Newsletter October 2014
Content 1. Directors’ Update 2. Current Thinking 3. CSA News 4. Calendar of Events 2014 5. Articles • Energetic Connection Alan Wilson • Because Of Our Quiet Ruth McCarthy • Fools Rush In Chris Gale 6. CSA Community Events/Workshop 7. Book Review 1. Directors’ Update Welcome to the autumn term! We had hoped to be […]
Fools Rush In? by Chris Gale
“We never have time to do things properly, but we always find time to do them again once they’ve gone wrong.” Working in leadership development, I am continuously engaged with managers who appear to have absorbed a franticly hurried and solution-driven approach to every problem or challenge they encounter at work. It’s as if when […]
Because Of Our Quiet? by Ruth McCarthy
This article was first published in The Listener – a journal for coaches Pick a song, a really easy song like ‘Happy Birthday to you’. Find a partner. Clap out the tune to your partner. Ask them what the song is. Clap it out again. Now can they guess? Chances are very high (98%) that […]
Energetic Connection by Alan Wilson
How having an ‘energetic connection’ affects parent-child relationships I work as a family coach, and although I am not a counsellor, or a psychotherapist, over the last 11 years I have felt driven to unleash the potential in young people coming from dysfunctional families and have pioneered a number of personal development programmes within a […]
