Archive for Month: September 2024
Using mindfulness to tune up your coaching
While mindfulness is widely recognized as a valuable coaching attribute, there remains a general lack of clarity on how to effectively learn, practice and implement it. In last month’s issue of Coaching Research in Practice, we explored the impact of mindfulness training on coaches. The empirical evidence identified cle...
Read More ⟶What’s new on the team coaching terrain?
Not unlike coaching, once upon a time, all it took to become a team coach was to hang out your shingle and start marketing. At that time, few team coaches understood the complexity of teams, organisations and stakeholders, and expertise was developed by coaches trained to coach individuals through ‘on the job’ trial ...
Read More ⟶Interrupt your autopilot to maximize coaching outcomes
When you drive a car on autopilot, your capacity to respond is greatly reduced. The same is true for coaching—if your autopilot takes over, the coaching falls flat. Effective coaching requires a certain degree of mindful agility, and as coaches, we need to actively build our mindfulness muscle before, during and betwee...
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