Category: Coaching skills

  • How to coach your boss

    Most people who attend my workshops know that I believe coaching is not only reserved for managers who coach their direct reports. Coaching shouldn’t be a hierarchical privilege; not at all. Coaching is a communication style that everyone can adopt, it’s an attitude, it’s a way of conversing with others so that they can develop…

  • Why improve your leadership skills? Because it’s good for you!

    Leadership conjures different images to different people. Not all of them are attractive, so not everyone wants to be associated with the notion of being a leader. It’s really not surprising, given the number of unsavoury “leaders” in the political or business spheres that we hear about on the news. Leadership implies doing good as…

  • Confusion around the term “coach”

    We don’t all mean the same thing when say “coach”. Learn about the different meanings of the word, and why the distinction is important.

  • Coaching Mindsets: Growth, Solutions, Strengths

    Coaching is about having the right supportive mindsets, as well as displaying excellent communication and coaching skills. Adopting a positive, humane, winning, mindset will help you be a better leader coach.

  • Why companies train their managers to have coaching skills

    Increasing the availability of coaching inside companies Coaching used to be largely reserved for executives and senior managers for whom an external professional coach would be hired to help them advance in various aspects of their leadership function.  Coaching is an exclusive, highly customized learning and development experience, driven by the client’s goals, which explains why companies…