Posted on June 02, 2011
The Use of Metaphors in Coaching
The word metaphor is from the Greek metapherein, which means to transfer or to change. For our purposes in coaching, we use the term metaphor as a symbol that captures or represents qualities of our client and of the journey he or she is making. Myths, archetypes, natural phenomena, animals, and common objects may all serve as metaphors. By way of distinction, metaphors are not are adjectives, literal descriptions, jud...
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Posted on May 13, 2011
Professional Coaching is about Dialogue
“Measurable empty space and intense SILENCE is what
truly defines masterful coaching”
Most discussions we all engage in show a lack of poor listening skills. Unlike the consultant or trainer who is paid to have and sell if not impose productive answers, a coach needs to acquire advanced listening skills to professionally accompany individual and collec...
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Posted on February 17, 2011
The study of consciousness is an arduous process, be it from either psychological or philosophical perspectives. The scientific consideration of states of consciousness that differ from ordinary waking consciousness is a path filled with hazards and booby traps. Tart's (1975) publication of States of Consciousness was a tour de force of the application of the philosophy and the discipline of science itself to a topic too often treated as an outcast within psychological science: Altered states...
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Posted on December 08, 2010
What is Effective Coaching?
Effective coaching requires an emphasis on both task and relationship.
Coaching emphasizes generative change, concentrating on defining and achieving specific goals.
Coaching methodologies are outcome-oriented rather than problem-oriented. They tend to be highly solution focused, promoting the development of new strategies for thinking and acting, as opposed to trying to resolve problems and past conflicts.
A “coach” is literally a vehic...
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Posted on November 23, 2010
How to Capture a Good Mood
Life is full of occasions when the mood of a group or team changes without realising it, this leads to a corresponding change in performance. This article explains how we can choose which emotions to use and which to fend off.
There are two points to consider:
1. There are plenty of studies showing the relationship between emotions and performance. Emotions vary in intensity and direction ranging from lethargic and unhappy to happy and ...
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