14th November 2018
In organisations, the people who come to coaching often assume they’re meant to be experts. They’re meant to know how to do their jobs, and they’re meant to be masters of their practice. But the coaching relationship allows them to come and say, ‘I’m confused, I’m uncertain, and I’m scared.’ […]
13th September 2018
Ten years ago, whenever I heard someone was doing a live demonstration in coaching, I would think, ‘Wow, how incredible!’ It was fantastic to see another professional working, and I wondered whether I could ever dare to do this. What I was fearful for was whether I could be ‘perfect’ […]
8th August 2018
For the last three or four summers I’ve taken several weeks off, and it’s now become a must-do. I usually go for a tai-ji retreat in Herefordshire, full of fresh air, meditation and tai-ji practice, which is about balance, feet on the ground, and flow. From there I have often […]
19th May 2018
One of the things I’m often asked by coaches who may not have had much experience of being in supervision is: What’s it like to be in a group? It’s really exciting when a group of four or five coaches come together with me as supervisor, because each of them […]
14th May 2018
I’ve been working in Sydney these past two weeks, staying in a gorgeous Airbnb studio in Clovelly. On one of my first working days on this trip, sitting in a café and looking out on the locals enjoying the sunshine, I was reading a piece on dialogue and digitisation by […]
