In this article Jo Birch explores what it feels like to be in the “Groan Zone” of Disturbance between Divergence and Convergence for learning and change. She writes: “I walked across the dry grass, conscious of my heart beating, the smell of the circus coming into my awareness. I drew back the canvas of […]
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DEEP IN DIALOGUE: Edna Murdoch interviews Elaine Patterson and Jo Birch to mark the launch of CSA’s new International Centre of Reflective Practice
Our new DEEP IN DIALOGUE Blog series launches with Edna Murdoch talking to Elaine Patterson and Jo Birch to mark the launch of CSA’s International Centre for Reflective Practice. Read on to find out what they said: 2016.06.07 Deep in Dialogue The Edna Murdoch Interviews _ With Elaine Patterson & Jo Birch
A Poem: “Like Gossamer” by Elaine Patterson
A poem in praise of not knowing and a tribute to Otto Scharmer’s Theory U. The poem was first shared with participants on the UK Coaching Diploma Course in October 2016! A question. A worry. An unease. An anxiety. Caught off balance. A nudge, which will not go away… Demanding attention. I stagger. […]
Ethics is the Underscore of the Coaching Relationship by Jo Leymarie
International Coaching Week 2016 Ethics is the underscore for the Coaching Relationship “During the International Coaching Week 2016 that took place from the 16th to the 21st of May 2016 I was fortunate enough to participate in a “conversation around ethics” with guest speaker Kees de Vries” writes Jo Leymarie, in an article forwarded to […]
Getting the best out of coaching supervision
Last week, I was delighted to attend the 6th International Conference in Coaching Supervision at Oxford Brookes University. It is always lovely to connect with fellow practitioners and to engage in the energy and conversation of the day. A quick glance at the content of the conference told me that we were all in for […]
BARE LISTENING
Bare listening I’ve been thinking (yet again) about listening, catalysed by two experiences: resisting the four levels of listening of Otto Scharmer’s Theory U; and being drawn towards the premise of listening to connect, proposed in Judith Glaser’s Conversational Intelligence. As I pondered the roots of my aversion to one idea, and my attraction to […]
Who Takes the First Shot?
Who Takes the First Shot? http://www.julie-johnson-consulting.com/blog_view/February_Who_Takes_the_First_Shot\ While many say that pure coaching consists of giving no advice at all, I’ve heard many coaches confess that they do give advice from time to time. I would love to hear from you – what is your stance? And, what can we coaches do to get it right? […]
Leading from WHO you ARE Matters
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 […]
Defining the “Real Work” of Leaders
Every day we are confronted with news stories, which catalogue our collective failures to respond to what is happening to ourselves, to our communities, to our planet. In last weeks Richard Dimbleby Lecture Christine Lagarde Director of the IMF outlined the causes of our current global economic crisis and inequalities. “The Francis Inquiry – One […]
You are..FILL IN THE BLANK!
Your are …………Fill in the Blank I so clearly remember one of my very early coaching sessions, and the lasting lesson I learned by getting it wrong. My coachee and I were reviewing the results of his 360-degree feedback report. One of the positive messages in the data was around his communication. I asked him […]
