“Reflection as an Oasis for Busy People in Busy Times” Article Published in “Coaching Perspectives” Association of Coaching’s Global Magazine January 2017 Issue 12 Is reflection an antidote to the relentless pressure and changes that we are faced with on a constant basis? Coaching Supervisor Elaine Patterson considers this question. “At no time in our […]
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Article Published in Association for Coaching ‘Coaching Perspective’: “Reflection is an Oasis for Busy People in Busy Times”
“Is reflection an oasis to the relentless pressure and changes that we face on a constant basis. Coaching Supervisor Elaine Patterson considers this question.” At no time in our human history have we faced so many changes on so many fronts. How we choose to live will determine who we are, who are becoming, […]
Team Coaching – is it really “new”?
A CONVERSATION AROUND TEAM COACHING – IS IT REALLY “NEW”? Dr. Alison Hodge, CSA trainer Alison Hodge Associates[1] www.alisonhodge.com alison@alisonhodge.com Introduction As a coaching supervisor, I am increasingly finding that clients are bringing not only their one to one coaching practice to our sessions, but also their team interventions. The coaches refer to these projects […]
In the wake of the US election of 2016 by Adrienne McDunn
As Thanksgiving approaches in the land I call home, I find the call to gratitude and appreciation particularly necessary. Gratitude and appreciation are acts of grounding; activities that put one dead center to their core of Being. And I need to feel my solid soul in this time of an un-united state in America. There […]
Executive coaches: it’s time to get real feedback from your clients! by Hélène Seiler
Happy New Year! Eighteen months into my doctoral research, I have a very intriguing question to share. Why are executive clients so conspicuously absent in the debate about executive coaching effectiveness, and what can be done to increase their share of voice? How to define executive coaching effectiveness? In the fifties Donald Kirkpatrick developed a […]
Still Listening? Two perspectives on Amanda Riding’s workshop.
It was a joy to spend a day with Amanda Riding at her “Still Listening” workshop last month. Who would have thought that connecting with my purpose and intention would have such a profound effect on my ability to listen? And not just listen, but listen with a stillness that I have rarely encountered as […]
5G – May the force be with you! By Karen Prentice
Mobile phone service providers eat your heart out there is 5G connectivity and it is available everywhere! These 5 ‘Gs’ are within us all. They help us access the best of ourselves as we go through seasons of the year. They are dynamic cardinal capacities in that they are like spices to help us flavour […]
“Learning How to Create Our Organisations of the Future” by Giles Hutchins and Elaine Patterson
“Problems cannot be solved from the consciousness which created them” Albert Einstein This article marks an exciting new collaboration between Giles Hutchins from The Future Fit Leadership Academy and ourselves. Both Giles Hutchins and Elaine Patterson have written extensively about transforming the nature of business and the role that reflection plays in helping to develop […]
“What Role Can Spiritual Intelligence Play in Our Coaching Relationships and Practices?” asks Jackee Holder
In this article, Jackee Holder explores how we can develop our own spiritual intelligence to both enrich our own lives and our work with our clients. 2016.09.02 The Spirit of Coaching Jackee Holder BACP’s Coaching Today With thanks to Coaching Today. This article first appeared in the July 2016 issue of Coaching Today, which […]
‘Nothing to do. Nowhere to go’
‘Nothing to do. Nowhere to go.’ Zen Master Lin Chi As Hunter Beaumont (Gestalt thinker, teacher and former president of Los Angeles Gestalt Institute) writes: “When we mirror someone we don’t DO anything. We listen, we hear, but we don’t DO. Mirroring in that way creates a feedback loop that can facilitate awareness… that’s mirroring. […]