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What are the fears in your team? Learn about the four fatal fears which can hold back your teams performance. Read the advice for managers who want to create an environment for their team to succeed.
The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. In October 1859, the steam clipper Royal Charter was wrecked in a strong storm off Anglesey; 450 people lost their lives. Due to this loss, Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy introduced a warning service for shipping in February 1861, using telegraph communications.Wouldn’t it be great to have a similar shipping forecast for agile coaches? A way to assess the conditions w
Last week marked a significant milestone on my journey to become a coach as I received my Associate Coach Credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The ICF are one of the governing bodies for coaching globally and it’s an honour to be recognised as a certified coach.Compared to many of the certifications i’ve managed to obtain in the IT and Agile world the ICF ACC requires a high investment in training and time. Its taken me almost two years to get to this point. The journey
How can Neuroscience help your coaching? This article explores three ideas which can supercharge the value you provide to clients.
What masks do you wear? We wear masks throughout our life allowing us to both reveal and conceal our identities. The mask we wear will often depend on our social context and our emotional state. Many people have a closet of masks, developed since childhood, which we swap and change many times a day; a mask for work, a mask for family and a mask for friends. These masks slowly evolve and change so much that many people often loose a sense of identity. Is this the mask or is it really me?What char
Why do people struggle adopting the agile mindset? This article explores how your mindset might be the problem. Exploring human biases, the article examines how a different way of thinking may lead to new results.
Do your retrospectives look like this?Team members walk into the room reluctantly. The Scrum Master throws out the Post-It notes onto the table and asks the team to write down some thoughts. You only have 3 minutes. You stick the Post-It’s on the wall and you dot vote. The top topics get discussed and you leave with some actions, which you never complete. This is a simplification but i’ve found it is often a representation of reality. Most retrospectives fail to achieve any serious and lasting c
What are the biases related to Carl Rogers Unconditional Positive Regard? This article outlines 5 biases you should be aware of.
On my journey to become a coach I’ve learnt that it is as much about my own personal growth as it is of the people I serve. To build transformational coaching relationships, I must first grow myself.Transactional coaching is focused on actions. It is focused on achieving a certain set of steps to move towards some outcome. For example, public speaking. Transactional coaching would focus on the actions to be more comfortable with public speaking. For example, breathing techniques, adopting a powe
I’m sure we have all been to many workshops and the first thing a facilitator presents is the agenda for the day. If you are lucky this might be on a flip chart or even worse its powerpoint slide 1 of 100. Your initial thoughts, this is going to be a long day.Introducing Learning MapsLearning Maps are an interactive and metaphorical way to present your agenda. People learn best through experience so a learning map creates an instant connection to the workshop topics.Here is a Learning Map I used
Asking Powerful Questions is one of the foundations of Coaching. Asking questions that go beyond what is obvious enables the Coachee to think more deeply about a Goal or Challenge.The Tate Modern Start Display has some great Powerful Questions inviting the visitor to go beyond the obvious and think more deeply about the art on display. This certainly provoked my own deeper thoughts.Here are some examples:
As a certified Professional Coach here are 5 life coaching models that you should know! These coaching models will increase your impact with clients.