Tag: ILM Level 5 coaching qualifications

  • Coaching Wednesdays: Readiness for Coaching

    An important part of the pre-contracting conversation is to establish whether the potential coachee understands coaching, particularly the non-directive style of coaching and their responsibility for taking actions towards achieving their goals. We include the following in our pre-contracting information sheet to help potential coachees consider whether coaching is the right option for them at…

  • Coaching Wednesdays: A way of being

    Coaching Wednesdays: A way of being

      Carl Rogers, the eminent American psychologist, is perhaps best known for the person-centred approach, which he applied not only to his therapy work but to education too in the form of student-centred learning. To explore what this means in the context of coaching we need look no further than his practice of holding the…

  • Coaching Wednesdays:  Self-efficacy

    Coaching Wednesdays: Self-efficacy

      Do you believe in your ability to manage a task successfully, and generally cope with life’s challenges? Self-efficacy, or the beliefs you hold about your capability, has a huge impact on how you think, feel, behave and motivate yourself. High levels of self-efficacy means we are more likely to set goals, demonstrate persistence when…

  • Coaching Wednesdays:  Common Coaching Dilemmas

    Coaching Wednesdays: Common Coaching Dilemmas

    In this video, Clara the Coach talks us through some of the common coaching dilemmas that coaches-in-training need to manage. https://vimeo.com/217722198

  • Coaching Wednesdays: Fit for purpose – design your in-house programme to reflect the VUCA environment

    Coaching Wednesdays: Fit for purpose – design your in-house programme to reflect the VUCA environment

    Change is the common denominator amongst many organisations these days – from full restructures and redundancies, through changing processes and procedures in line with government and professional body policies to new or upgraded software systems. This is known as a VUCA environment – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Coaching is one very effective way to…

  • Coaching Wednesdays:  Improving psychological flexibility through coaching

    Coaching Wednesdays: Improving psychological flexibility through coaching

    If you are a coach working in the UK’s NHS, or an NHS manager or clinician who coaches, you will no doubt be familiar with the term Compassionate Leadership. To explore how we might coach with compassion I have been researching the work of Frank Bond and  Steven Hayes and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). …