30th June 2016

Goals or outcomes?

A client in supervision the other day asked how I distinguish between goals and outcomes in the context of coaching assignments and contracts, and I found myself considering the following metaphor. I may have a goal that I want to get from London to Edinburgh, and there will be a range […]
30th June 2016

The impact of multi-tasking

I am noticing often at the moment as I walk out on the streets of London that I find myself muttering about how so many people are ‘multi-tasking’. They have earphones on (so are presumably listening to music or radio or maybe having a phone conversation), they are carrying a […]
30th June 2016

Overwhelmed

So often these days, my clients arrive for our supervision sessions saying they are exhausted, overwhelmed, and ‘all over the place’. Our time together enables them to slow down and process the diverse elements of their lives and their work that they are immersed in and at times overwhelmed by. […]
30th June 2016

Multi-stakeholder contracting in coaching

The AC UK Conference in September 2016 includes an experiential workshop which I am running. Here’s the conference description: We all operate in many different systems. Coaches coach within systems. Human beings live and work within systems. We are a system! This conference brings together different strands of thought around […]