Author: Saba Imru Mathieu

  • Coaching tools … or not?

        Learning coaching tools For most coaches, an introduction into practicing our profession started with learning a coaching tool.   Coaching is a behavior and an experience so the only way to get a grasp of it is by actually practicing it.  There’s nothing better than a coaching tool to start DOING coaching! And, once…

  • Les compétences de coaching, la voie rapide aux compétences non techniques

    Les compétences non techniques (soft skills) sont très demandées, que vous soyez un aspirant candidat juste à l’intérieur du seuil d’entrée, ou un manager chevronné. Il y a tellement de définitions des compétences non techniques que le concept peut être quelque peu évasif. Vous pourriez dire qu’ils incluent la communication interpersonnelle efficace, l’empathie, les grâces…

  • Ten Listening Tips – #9

    In Tip #9, Sandra Bodin Lerner talks about reflecting back what you hear from a listener to confirm understanding.

  • Ten Listening Tips – #7

    In this seventh tip out of ten, Avi Kluger describes how he listens for the emotions behind communication.

  • Ten Listening Tips – #6

    The sixth of these ten tips is about looking for verbal versus nonverbal cues, by Graham Bodie.

  • Ten Listening Tips – #4

    In the fourth of the Ten Tips to Listening for the 2017 International Day of Listening, Michael Z. Murphy and Molly Elizabeth Murphy present on “Let the speaker finish talking before you respond.”

  • Ten Listening Tips – #2

    In the second of the Ten Tips to Listening for the 2017 International Day of Listening, Jean Francois Mathieu presents on his original Composer’s Approach to prepare to listen to people.

  • Self-leadership, a buzz word or science?

    Self-Leadership…….   it sounds like just another management buzz word, doesn’t it? Actually, self-leadership is a very well-researched concept that proposes specific and practical cognitive strategies to improve personal effectiveness. It is a tested process by which individuals can learn to influence themselves to achieve their aspirations and objectives.  Self-leadership theory is particularly interesting because it is…

  • So many books on coaching! What to read?

    There are so many books about coaching and it’s quite hard to navigate through all the titles to find what really matches your needs. I can’t claim to have read everything there is to read about coaching, but here are a few tips from my bookshelf. If you are new to coaching, or just curious to know what all the…

  • Something really easy you can do to be a better leader at work

    Sometimes when running leadership development programs we teach the simplest of things. We find ourselves resuscitating fundamental knowledge that people already have within themselves at a deep, core, human level but which somehow got buried in the desert of organisational life. So here it is…..   Effort:  3 extra minutes of your time Requirement: absolute sincerity Benefit…