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22nd March 2019

Coaching, supervising and ecology

In the last few weeks I have been reading some very interesting and challenging posts about the future of our planet and the living beings on it.  One was written by coach Neil Scotton and considered fracking as a metaphor (drilling into the earth and fracturing rock using a pressurized liquid to release gas) and […]

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12th February 2019

Book recommendation: Mastering Executive Coaching, edited by Jonathan Passmore, Brian Underhill and Marshall Goldsmith

I am delighted to recommend a new book on coaching, called Mastering Executive Coaching. It is edited by three leaders in the field: Jonathan Passmore, Brian Underhill and Marshall Goldsmith and is in 4 parts: Mastering themes: contracting, ethics and evaluation Delivering value to clients: behavioural change, organizational change, exploring meaning, purpose, values and strengths, […]

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9th December 2018

Mental Health First Aid

With all the attention on mental well-being and health, there is a move to encourage all organisations to have Mental Health First Aiders as well as Physical Health First Aiders.  I have just completed a Mental Health First Aid course and found it helpful and enlightening and also useful in gaining more awareness for my […]

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19th November 2018

How do we re-source ourselves?

In Chapter 4 of the new book The Heart of Coaching Supervision – Working with Reflection and Self-Care edited by Stephen Palmer and I, Peter Hawkins suggests 10 ways a supervisor can help to re-source both them-self and their supervisors. I have reflected greatly on number 10 (p75) which talks of “systemic hope.” Peter argues […]

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30th October 2018

Announcing the publication of The Heart of Coaching Supervision today!

I am thrilled to announce that my first book The Heart of Coaching Supervision – Working with Reflection and Self-Care, co-edited with Professor Stephen Palmer, has been published today. We look at how we, as supervisors, coaches, mentors or leaders can work with reflection and self-care to resource ourselves, our supervisees, and our clients and […]

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4th October 2018

European Mentoring and Coaching Council 2019 Annual Conference special offer

One of the most popular coaching and mentoring conferences in the world is that held annually by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).  In celebration of the 2019 conference in Dublin being their 25th, the EMCC is currently offering places to attend the conference at 25% of the normal cost (excluding lunch).  But this […]

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