In multimodal coaching, there are many coaching models used and each will belong to a particular school of approaches, sharing the same philosophy. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a therapy in its own right. At the same time it belongs to what is called the Cognitive Behavioural School of approaches. There are many Therapies, just as…
Category Archives: Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
How to Help a Client Communicate with a Virtual Team
Organizations are now relying on virtual communication mechanisms and all methods have both positive and negative consequences. A face-to-face meeting is easier for fostering relationships and less likely to lead to misunderstandings. However, such meetings can be inconvenient and costly given the geographical locations of individuals. Email is fast and efficient but can lead to…
Resilience Coaching as a Specialism
When more is being asked of individuals in the workplace and, given the current economic climate, resilience is a key topic. Not only is it important to the individual but also to organizations as, now more than ever, organizations require a resilient workforce. There is a growing body of research as to why resilience protects…
Measuring Specific Coaching Outcomes
During this stage of the process, the coach helps translate overall objectives into specific behaviours, as in the following examples: ‘You said you would like Peter to communicate more effectively with his team. What would you notice being different if he was being a more effective communicator?’ ‘How would you know if you were more…
The relevance of CBC in the small business world
I recently received a question as a comment to an earlier post and, rather than keep it buried there, am posting both question and my reply as a separate post here. “I am interested to understand the extent to which CBT and cognitive behavioural coaching is relevant in the world of small business. My experience…
Conclusions About CBC
CBC can be used as a main approach to coaching an individual or as part of another approach. A number of coaches who do not identify themselves as being cognitive behavioural use many of the skills and techniques from this approach in their work due to their effectiveness. Some do not subscribe to the CBC…
Case Study – Communication
James, a senior director in an international financial services group responsible for structured finance execution, was referred for coaching by his line manager. Although he was seen as being technically able, he came across as cold and disinterested, and this had had a negative impact on the people he met. One of the objectives of…
The Challenges of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
In CBC there are three types of challenges that are used to help the client re-evaluate their thinking. 1. Empirical/evidence based “Where is the evidence that you must not make a mistake otherwise you are a failure?” 2. Logical “Just because you would like never to make a mistake how does it logically follow that…
CBC Case Study – Change
Simon was the branch director of a group of 45 London branches of a major retail financial services organisation. He had previously successfully managed a smaller group of 30 branches in the South East and this had led to his recent promotion. Since Simon’s appointment, a major restructuring programme had been announced, leading to the…
Identifying Cognitive Distortions
In CBC, emphasis is put on identification of self-defeating thinking and thoughts are elicited by using tools such as a ‘thoughts record form’ where the individual is taught how to identify his or her thinking style. The individual is also asked to begin to identify the types of cognitive distortions they engage in which colour…
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