Coaching for success with a soul
I have the quote above from Thomas Berry, scribbled on a post-it on my desk. Some days it brings out a smile and a sense of purpose. Some days it feels like a bad joke. I am a ‘glass half full’ person but as I look at many of the changes currently sweeping through the …
Continue reading ““The present is not a time for desperation but for hopeful activity.””
Many thanks to Mark Hunt for this post. Mark had recently finished his first training weekend with Wise Goose where we’d been looking at questions in coaching when he had real life opportunity to put the theory into practice! Recently, after a visit to Wise Goose, I was travelling back to Exeter along narrow Dartmoor …
Continue reading “Questionable Intentions – Intentional Questions “
As the nights draw in and another year draws to a close, its a natural time to pause and reflect. I’ve been looking back and asking: Has this year brought me closer to the goals I’d imagined for Wise Goose this time last year? Have we made the most of the opportunities and the gifts that …
Many thanks to Sarah Dawkins for this post. Sarah is a graduate of the Wise Goose Advanced Programme and works as a Confidence Coach here in the South West. If your confidence stopping you from taking those steps to getting where you want to be in your life or work then confidence coaching is a great opportunity …
In this month’s post Rachel Jewell, a Wise Goose student, tells us about her journey from therapist to a coach specialising with working in the field of female empowerment. Facilitating Change, one way or another! My passion has always been to facilitate change in others so that they can achieve their chosen …
In this month’s post Janet Kipling, a Wise Goose student, tells us how training in coaching is impacting on her work. Janet began her career as a journalist in newspapers, and as a BBC radio reporter, producer and presenter. Twelve years ago she jumped the fence to work in public relation. She still does occasional …
Sunday morning was definitely on the chilly side, bright and beautiful but with an unmistakable sense that autumn is elbowing summer out of the way. As the equinox brings shorter days I feel an impulse to turn inwards and take some down time. But I have to keep busy; I launched a new one year …
Have you ever been ignored, rejected or felt slighted by a colleague or a boss? Have you ever given someone the ‘silent treatment’? Silent bullying is common and costly, I know a lovely woman who was so badly shunned by her boss she became depressed, burnt-out and left a career she loved. I’ve also …
Continue reading “Ignoring Someone is Bullying: Tackling silent bullying in the workplace”
Management is out of fashion, not many people want to be called a manager, they might want their title to be leader, or entrepreneur, or even coach – but manager? Executives have been getting bad press for years now, they are thought to lack integrity, a 2008 Gallup poll on honesty and ethics found that …
Continue reading ““A Magnificent Profession” – The future of management?”
What do you most deeply and profoundly love? What are your deepest and most profound gifts? What are your most profound responsibilities? On Friday, sixty of us, mostly coaches, spent the day at Embercombe reflecting on these questions. Embercombe is a delight, ‘a garden that grows people’ a place dedicated to touching hearts, stimulating …