Coaching for success with a soul
A systems approach begins when first you see the world through the eyes of another. Charles West Churchman When Change Meets Resistance Linda’s words stopped me in my tracks. It was 1987, the final year of my psychotherapy training. Vulnerability was essential for my growth, yet not everyone welcomed it. That moment taught me something …
Business-as-usual is no longer adequate for the challenges of the 21st century. Purposeful, trustworthy businesses will play a key role in delivering ambitious programmes for decarbonisation, creating meaningful and fulfilling work, developing new technologies that solve entrenched problems, improving health and well-being, and achieving inclusive growth. World Economic Forum Wise Goose Limited was created to …
As advocates for transformative leadership and sustainability, we’re excited to share and recommend One Planet Leadership program, run by Miriam Gosling Gage, a Wise Goose alumna: Businesses today face increasing tension between serving immediate stakeholders—investors, customers, employees—and addressing broader impacts on future generations and ecosystems. The SDGs offer guidance, but real-world priorities often conflict, and there are no …
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We are excited to announce the release of our latest BCorp Annual Report! At Wise Goose, our dedication to social and environmental impact is at the core of everything we do. This report showcases our journey, achievements, some things that didn’t go according to plan and the steps we’ve taken over the past year to …
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Wise Goose Founder and Director Helen Sieroda shares some thoughts about the importance of ethical marketing for coaches, touches on marketing snares and snags and offers a some suggestions for marketing with integrity. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been preparing for our 2025 BCorp recertification, this happens every three year. It’s a rigorous process …
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We’re thrilled to feature Wise Goose graduate Julia Forster, who has carved out a unique niche coaching both emerging and established writers and hosting inspiring retreats in her Writers’ Cabin. At Wise Goose, we believe coaching should never be “one size fits all.” Our training encourages students to develop their own authentic coaching voice, and …
As this International Women’s Day comes around, I’ve been casting my mind back to women who have been my teachers over the years, right back to Mrs MacLean in Primary school who gave the shy, sickly little girl I was in those days space to shine. In my early 20s I met Miss Rose Li, …
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Wise Thinking Partners is a hub and leadership development programme focussing on furthering the Inner Development Goals (IDGs). Back in May, I visited Stockholm to launch a book and to reconnect with old colleagues and students. While there I was invited to co-lead a workshop on the potential of the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) to …
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A leadership lesson in vulnerability I’m delighted to share this post by Pam Billinge, writer, leadership coach, and specialist in Embodied Horse-Led Leadership Development. I always encourage coaches to use supervision, and this is a powerful story of how much of a difference it can make to coaching practice. Thank you Pam – being your …
How should we think about addressing climate change? Over the past fortnight at COP 26 debate has circled around pragmatic questions; fossil fuels, net zero, eco-efficiency, green consumerism, conservation management, political policy, economic reform and scientific or technological ‘silver bullets’. But what about other ways of thinking about solutions to the issues? Amid all the …