Context and Back Story This post about my blogging story has its genesis in a commitment made several weeks ago, when in a moment of enthusiasm I undertook to write and publish, over a 7 day period, one blog post a day, each post to be on a specified theme, as part of Darren Rowse’s…
With economies everywhere under challenge, businesses of all kinds are also under challenge to refine and improve what they do and how they do it. Professional coaching businesses are no exception. In fact, there is a good chance that some coaching practices will be suffering a “knock on” effect and seeing their business flow slowing,…
Continuing the series on the Coaching Proficiencies, drawing on my notes of the Certified Coach Intensive in Sydney, 2003, run by the late – and great – Thomas Leonard. As the learning notes on this proficiency state, the key distinction here is greatness vs. success. It was a real flash of awareness for me when…
This post continues the series commenced on April 8. The certified coach “reveals the client to themselves”. The more often I look at and ponder on this proficiency, the more I am tantalised by it and amazed by how much scope it offers for the coaching process. Lots of people are good at stating the…
As mentioned in my introductory post to this series, late in 2002 I had the good fortune to take the Certified Coach Intensive Course which was a live event that Coachville used to run in those days. It was particularly good fortune for me because the event I took was led by the legendary Thomas…
A few years back, inspired by fellow coach Tracy Adams, who was at that time hosting a study group for certification with the International Association of Coaches, I started posting on another blog I was maintaining at that time a series of reflections and observations on the Fifteen Proficiencies of a Certified Coach. I’ve decided…