Coaching for success with a soul
What is an Associate Coach? Many coaching and leadership development organisations work with associate coaches. These are independent contractors hired to deliver coaching sessions, often one-to-one or team coaching, under the organisation’s brand. What do these organisations typically require? Rates vary depending on experience and the programme, but fees are often lower than private coaching …
COP26 is almost upon us, convened against the backdrop of profound challenges and upheavals of 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic, floods and wildfires to Black Lives Matter. Like many others I’ve questioned the ability of our political, economic, and societal systems to take action. This year’s Edelman Trust Barometer survey showed that rather than …
Why This Question Still Matters When lockdown hit in 2020, one question kept coming up:“Are you going to move the new training courses online?” We could have migrated our programme immediately, as many training providers did. Instead, we paused. Instead we listened to feedback from past and present students and trainers, considered options, and asked …
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Gone are the days of having one career for life. Times have changed. Today’s global market-place makes our working lives more impermanent and unpredictable plus with a potentially longer working life we’re less likely to settle with something that merely pays the bills. We want something more – so phrases like ‘self-improvement’ and ‘personal journey’ …
As a trainer, it’s not easy to give a true to life flavour of what it’s like to start out, or convey the ups and downs of learning to coach, so I asked a Ali, to share her experience of joining a Foundations Course. Ali has a background in PR, has worked as a personal …
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I myself am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. Issac Newton Earlier this month I said goodbye to my son who is off on the next leg of his ‘gap’ travels before starting university in the autumn. It’s time for him to step out into …
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 …
Following the previous post about pilgrimage I had some requests to say more about ‘Walking Coaching’. So here goes… ‘Walking meetings’ have become a bit of a fad among Silicon Valley and New York entrepreneurs, as well as at the White House where Barak Obama often ends his working day with a walking meeting with …
Coaching and pilgrimage – what’s the link? My son returned last week tired but happy from walking the last stretch of the Camino of Santiago di Compostella with his youth group. The ‘camino’ or ‘Way of St James’ is a 500 mile long walking pilgrimage route that’s inspired seekers since the Middle Ages. It had …