In this episode we are joined by Charlie Warshowski, a coach and coach-trainer and founder of Love Your Coaching to talk about growth mindset and why it matters in coaching. This is an episode that should not only be of interest to coaches and HR, but also to any parents who are interested in how to best enable their children to be successful in what they do. We both met Charlie through the Guildford Coaches Group where he ran a session on Mindset and confirmed how important this concept...

In this episode we discuss the importance of a chemistry session in coaching and what one might look like. Chemistry sessions are the (usually free) meetings that a coach and potential client will have to determine whether or not there is a good fit between both parties. It answers the question; ‘Can we work well together?’ We share our experiences of what makes for effective and ineffective chemistry sessions and explain a model supplied by John Whittington, which has the acronym –...

In this episode we are joined by Jo Taylor, MD of HR Consultancy Let’s Talk Talent, to discuss drop-in coaching. Let’s Talk Talent’s function is to make organisations irresistible by unlocking their people potential, ensuring organisations thrive at every level, along any time-frame. Jo and Gregor discuss whether it is good business to offer coaching to everyone. Gregor met Jo when she recruited him as part of a cadré of coaches, who not only coached executives, but also took part in...

In this episode we discuss how feedback might show up in coaching. Feedback can be such a provocative topic. People find it difficult to give constructive feedback and they worry about how others will respond. There are many models out there providing guidance on how to structure your message, but it can often be much more complex than just applying a model and hoping that the conversation goes well. As coaches, we will offer feedback to our clients in the moment, which can lead to...

In this episode we are joined by Olympic Gold Medalist and Performance Director John Anderson to talk about performance coaching. John Anderson MBE came to coaching with a background in high performance sport. Drawing on 20+ years experience working with world class athletes, John has developed a model of performance coaching designed to support the performer to get better at doing the things they need to do to get the results they want to achieve – more frequently and consistently. He...

In this episode we are joined by two incredibly experienced supervisors, Eve Turner and Carole Davidson, to explore why supervision is so important in coaching. The ICF defines coaching supervision as a collaborative learning practice that continually builds the capacity of the coach through reflective dialogue for the benefit of both coaches and clients. Supervision provides coaches with a safe place in which they can reflect on their practice and receive coaching about their coaching...

In this episode we talk about the organisational benefits of career coaching. Listen to this episode if you are interested in learning more about why organisations might want to offer their people the opportunity to access career coaching. Organisations want to support and be seen to support valued members of staff to find the next role internally or to be supported to leave well and find a role in another organisation. A career conversation can be an integral part of transition coaching...

In this episode we talk about what to expect from career coaching. If you are interested in understanding the role of coaching in your career development, then listen to this episode! We help to clarify the difference between a career coach and a careers guidance professional and we share examples of where career coaching has come up as part of another coaching engagement where the topic of ‘what do I want to do next in my career?’ is addressed. Sarah started her coaching in the area of...

In this episode we ask the question - "Why should we bother with a systemic approach and constellations in coaching?” Listen in to this episode if you are interested in learning more about what systemic coaching is and how systemic constellations as a technique works in practice. You will be particularly interested in this episode if you are keen to understand how other factors in your life/work might be impacting you - how you feel and how you perform at work. We talk through some examples...

In this episode we discuss how coaching can help with stress and mental health and where coaching stops and counselling starts. We explore how boundaries can be helpful in managing our stress levels and we share a great quote from Brené Brown: “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even if we risk upsetting others.” Listen to this episode if you are interested in learning about some of the resources we share with our clients; such as the four wellsprings of...

In this episode we discuss what we can learn about change from Covid 19. We reflect on how people’s need for structure is severely impacted by not having an office environment, and that structure is really important as a psychological need. The boundaries that were present in our physical office routine are no longer there. We explore how structure relates to Certainty, part of David Rock’s SCARF model from the field of neuroscience. It’s clear that as coaches we can help leaders model clear...

In this episode we talk about team coaching and discuss the difference between team coaching and team facilitation. We share some stories about how team coaching can help teams be more effective. Examples that may indicate a team needs coaching include things like, a team being dysfunctional, not getting the results needed or finding that decision making is problematic. Peter M. Senge, the author of The Fifth Discipline says “It is amazing how often you come across teams with an average...

In this episode we jump into maternity coaching - a specific kind of coaching offered to women as they prepare to leave the workplace to have a baby, and then return. Research by talking talent has shown that one in two women cite becoming a parent as the key pinch-point in her career progression. Many organisations lose key talent during parental transitions and where this includes women, this loss can contribute to a narrower pipeline of female talent and a widening gender pay gap. In this...

In this podcast we talk about transitions that people make within organisations, whether that is the first step up to management or taking over leadership of a whole function or business unit.  So often talent decisions are made on the basis of knowledge, skills and experience.  In our experience, utilising the Leadership Pipeline model to inform these decisions can be transformative as it asks us to consider the shift that is required of that individual in terms of values, identity and time...

In this podcast, we reflect on what we believe are the important things to consider when choosing an executive coach, and we dig a little deeper into what we feel really matters when selecting a coach to work with. We identify five different criteria which, in our experience, are the things that any experienced coach would be able to demonstrate to a potential client. These are: Achieving results and how to measure the return on investment of coaching; The importance of continuous...