De-skilling is a common phenomenon. When we learn something new and try to integrate new knowledge into what we already know it can be more of a challenge than we anticipated. On the one hand you are a competent coach trained in a particular way of working and are comfortable with this. You then decided…
Author Archives: Gladeana
Confused by Social Media?
Social Media can be confusing and services seem to come onto the market almost daily. However, what will never change and what will help you decide which type of social media is useful to you, is starting from basics. The most basic starting point is ‘who are you as an individual?’ – in other words…
Should Coaches Train to use Psychometric Tools?
There are two types of coaches, those who are trained in using psychometric tools and those who are not but have contacts with those who are. At the moment if you are interested in training in using a psychometric tool you will need to be BPS (British Psychological Society) Level A and Level B Accredited. No…
Effective Note Taking for Coaches
Note taking is an area that causes concern, confusion and worry for many coaches. When you are training, trainers often want you to write a lot more than is needed in real life as a way of being able to analyze your thinking and analytical processes. It is also true that many courses do not…
The Top 10 Tips For Achieving Success
Do you ever sit back in surprise at the success of other people and wonder how you could become more successful? There are no miracles when it comes to being successful – just a series of strategies that, if applied, will ensure you get ahead of the game. Many people believe that it is luck…
Which is the Best UK Coach Training Course?
Coaching training is not cheap and it makes sense for you to find the right training course to meet your needs. It is also true that because coaching as a profession is in its early stages there is much confusion about what course to chose. Like all other professions as time goes by coaching training…
Be a Player not an Observer (during your mid-life crisis)
Take control of your life and become an active player rather than someone watching from the sidelines. If you want something to happen then see how you can make it happen. When you find yourself thinking “if only”, “I wish” or “wouldn’t it be nice”, stop and ask yourself how you can get some, if…
Coping With a Mid-Life Crisis
The following article was originally published in a national newspaper. As midlife eventually comes all of us and some of you may be working with coaching clients who view it as a crisis time, I hope you will find ideas here to help them. There comes a time when we look in the mirror and…
Choosing a Professional Body to Join
There are fundamentally four coaching bodies in the UK for you to consider apart from the professional body for psychologists who are also coaches known as the Special Group in Coaching Psychology aimed at bringing together psychologists who offer coaching via the growing field of coaching psychology. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy(BACP) has recently set…
Choosing Your Continuing Professional Development
Choosing what Continued Professional Development (CPD) you should do to ensure you develop yourself appropriately can seem daunting given the number of offerings out there. However, you can make the process easier if you ask yourself a few basic questions such as, “what challenges am I facing in my coaching work?”, “what do clients need that…
Author Archives: Gladeana
When Learning New Coaching Skills Makes You Wobble
De-skilling is a common phenomenon. When we learn something new and try to integrate new knowledge into what we already know it can be more of a challenge than we anticipated. On the one hand you are a competent coach trained in a particular way of working and are comfortable with this. You then decided…
Confused by Social Media?
Social Media can be confusing and services seem to come onto the market almost daily. However, what will never change and what will help you decide which type of social media is useful to you, is starting from basics. The most basic starting point is ‘who are you as an individual?’ – in other words…
Should Coaches Train to use Psychometric Tools?
There are two types of coaches, those who are trained in using psychometric tools and those who are not but have contacts with those who are. At the moment if you are interested in training in using a psychometric tool you will need to be BPS (British Psychological Society) Level A and Level B Accredited. No…
Effective Note Taking for Coaches
Note taking is an area that causes concern, confusion and worry for many coaches. When you are training, trainers often want you to write a lot more than is needed in real life as a way of being able to analyze your thinking and analytical processes. It is also true that many courses do not…
The Top 10 Tips For Achieving Success
Do you ever sit back in surprise at the success of other people and wonder how you could become more successful? There are no miracles when it comes to being successful – just a series of strategies that, if applied, will ensure you get ahead of the game. Many people believe that it is luck…
Which is the Best UK Coach Training Course?
Coaching training is not cheap and it makes sense for you to find the right training course to meet your needs. It is also true that because coaching as a profession is in its early stages there is much confusion about what course to chose. Like all other professions as time goes by coaching training…
Be a Player not an Observer (during your mid-life crisis)
Take control of your life and become an active player rather than someone watching from the sidelines. If you want something to happen then see how you can make it happen. When you find yourself thinking “if only”, “I wish” or “wouldn’t it be nice”, stop and ask yourself how you can get some, if…
Coping With a Mid-Life Crisis
The following article was originally published in a national newspaper. As midlife eventually comes all of us and some of you may be working with coaching clients who view it as a crisis time, I hope you will find ideas here to help them. There comes a time when we look in the mirror and…
Choosing a Professional Body to Join
There are fundamentally four coaching bodies in the UK for you to consider apart from the professional body for psychologists who are also coaches known as the Special Group in Coaching Psychology aimed at bringing together psychologists who offer coaching via the growing field of coaching psychology. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy(BACP) has recently set…
Choosing Your Continuing Professional Development
Choosing what Continued Professional Development (CPD) you should do to ensure you develop yourself appropriately can seem daunting given the number of offerings out there. However, you can make the process easier if you ask yourself a few basic questions such as, “what challenges am I facing in my coaching work?”, “what do clients need that…