De-skilling is a common phenomenon. When we learn something new and try to integrate new knowledge into what we already know it can be more of a challenge than we anticipated. On the one hand you are a competent coach trained in a particular way of working and are comfortable with this. You then decided…
Category Archives: Coaching Skills
Choosing Your Continuing Professional Development
Choosing what Continued Professional Development (CPD) you should do to ensure you develop yourself appropriately can seem daunting given the number of offerings out there. However, you can make the process easier if you ask yourself a few basic questions such as, “what challenges am I facing in my coaching work?”, “what do clients need that…
The Purpose of Coaching Questions
Asking good coaching questions is at the heart of effective coaching regardless of coaching model. It does not matter what type of coaching approach you trained in, all approaches use questions to uncover individual thought processes. Coaching questions aim to uncover, explore, reflect upon and challenge your client’s thought processes. Coaching questions tend to fall into…
Coaching Skills Training for Managers – Do They Really Help?
Here’s a question I often hear from managers within organisations: “I am a manager and my company is rolling out a series of coaching skills courses for all their managers. I am skeptical as my job is to manage and whilst I like to see myself as a supportive manager, I don’t have the time…
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