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2nd December 2019

What is the role of coaches in the climate crisis?

In early December political leaders and climate diplomats are meeting in Madrid for COP25, against a background described by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “the point of no return is no longer over the horizon.”  With rising sea levels; a warming climate; melting ice caps; more floods, droughts, forest fires, cyclones; the loss of […]

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13th November 2019

Masterclass on 9th March 2020

I am delighted to be co-running a masterclass with Professor Peter Hawkins on Monday 9th March 2020 in London. Hosted by Coaching at Work magazine the title is “Systemic Coaching – delivering value beyond the individual” and will explore some of the themes of our book which comes out in December 2019. We will be […]

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25th March 2018

Using Recordings in Supervision and Training

I’ve been reflecting on the use of recordings in supervision and training as I believe they can be very helpful in our personal and professional development.  There is something different about discussing what we remember about our coaching or mentoring second-hand, compared to listening to what really happened.  We all have our blind spots, or […]

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13th January 2018

Understanding our PPP

A few years ago I trained as a supervisor at Oxford Brookes University.  One of the toughest, most challenging and ultimately rewarding assignments was to explain our model.  We needed to demonstrate that…

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21st May 2017

Understanding our values – a free tool

In a recent session of the Global Supervisors’ Network I was reminded of  just how much our values play out in our life, personal and professional, and how they influence our patterns and challenges. The facilitator, Benita Treanor, directed us to the Barrett Values Centre, where there is a free questionnaire that takes around 5 minutes […]

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