Presence in Coaching

I’ve tried a couple of ways of keeping session records for coaching: Take notes while I’m in session Take notes when I’m done For all kinds of reasons, when I don’t take notes during the session, but instead stay present and aware of my client’s voice, energy and patterns of speech, the outcome is always [...]

Exercise: Observing the party

I invite you to try the following exercise: You are standing on a balcony looking down on your life, as if you were at a party watching the revellers, and you see yourself in the crowd. You are fascinated. You watch yourself engaging with some people, avoiding others, watching others, moving from place to place [...]

Who uses coaches and why?

Some Initial Findings From 2008 ICF Global Coaching Client Study conducted by PricewaterhouseCooper and the Association Resource Centre, Inc: 65 percent of coaching clients are female. The majority of coaching clients are between the ages of 36 and 45 (35.9 percent). The majority of coaching clients have acquired an advanced level of education (a post graduate [...]

Who uses coaches and why?

Some Initial Findings From 2008 ICF Global Coaching Client Study conducted by PricewaterhouseCooper and the Association Resource Centre, Inc: 65 percent of coaching clients are female. The majority of coaching clients are between the ages of 36 and 45 (35.9 percent). The majority of coaching clients have acquired an ad- vanced level of education (a [...]

20-30 Years Old and Suddenly Sitting at the Boss’s Desk

I was recently interviewed for an article in the Wall Street Journal for the column You at the Boss’s Desk. Here’s the article:  I wanted to expand on the topic a bit. For people in their 20′s and 30′s a sudden promotion to a management position can have its joys and challenges. Of course there’s [...]