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Andrew Parrock
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Martin Richards
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Geoffrey Ahern
Alan Robertson
Isobel Gray
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Welcome to my blog! Here, I will share with you how I transitioned my professional career from my corporate job (venture capital sales) into coaching. There was a lot of soul searching done in the process which I will dive deep into, and will share with you some concepts that helped me in my self-discovery.
This is a story and a dream that started many years ago. It is about the search for the Holy Grail, the key to unleashing the potential energy in leaders, teams and organisations. The journey will cover a new understanding and importance of system energy, how to measure it and most importantly, how to change it.
One month before my 17th birthday I read the following metaphor: “Life is a war, we are all warriors, we throw battles everyday and we can either win or lose those battles.” - I felt such a strong resistance to these words that it pushed to my awareness a whole new metaphor: ‘I am not a warrior, I am a guide. …
Before we examine the way larger companies approach strategy we’ll look at the apparently not so well understood gig economy. They call themselves consultants, advisors, experts, mentors, coaches, trainers, financial consultants, psychologists, therapists, insurance advisers and many other things. I am one of them. A small
Our aim is to explore the key differences experienced by coaches when working with leaders from East Asia, the possible causes for these differences, and practical tips to help coach leaders in East Asia with greater insight and confidence.
At the start of this year one of my goals was to complete an Executive Coaching qualification mainly to rubber stamp my many years experience, and as a backup for tenders and other business requirements, not really appreciating just what a difference it would make.
In some circles this is a controversial question. Coaches do not need domain knowledge to coach effectively yet many successful coaches are known for their niche.
On 9 Jan 2020, in the midst of deep fissures surfacing in Hong Kong, I wrote an article about my naughty 103 year old grannie and her sufferings as a young woman. (What I learnt from my 103 year old Grannie) At the end of the article, I expressed my hope for 2020; “My hope for 2020 and beyond is this: to stop and pause to capture
transcendent beauty even in places of darkness, where love and kindness abide.” Little did I know that this was an overture of my life message for 2020 and beyond.
Onboarding an external President into a newly formed group of an organization with international presence is a challenge because of what is at stake. Recognizing the scope of work that was facing the new president, the CIO*, invited me to become his external coach and support him as he started his new role. In this blog, I share my case study and holistic approach to coaching this client. All names have been changed.
Following the Corona Virus lock down there has been a lot written on virtual coaching. For some coaches working virtually has been a new and a steep learning curve; for others, myself included, it has just been more of what we already do. I have always had a number of my coachees who lived overseas with whom I have coached virtually.
The HR Leader of a Fortune 200 company shared with me that his biggest challenge is that some of their senior leaders who were successful in the past, will not be successful in the current market environment.
This is the first of a series of blogs that examines the strategies an independent coach-educator can use to handle the external and internal struggles that arise when taking on a challenging education assignment in a less-than-optimal setting. My name is Martin, I have worked as a teacher for many years, especially with so-called challenging students, from whom I realize, I have learned the most about teaching.
With so much talk on technology, blockchain, industry 4.0 and digital transformation, I want to make sense of the non-tech side of innovation: people.
Digital innovation projects are needed, Yes! Digital transformation needs design thinking: Yes! Digital innovations mean APPs and new tech, yes I agree.
Recently, I have begun to ask myself, what are the parallels and distinctions between coaching and Educational Remediation. I was reflecting on my experience at a local elementary school, in which I held as a position as a Remediation Professional.
From psychosynthesis psychology we understand that we operate out of different parts of ourselves. In psychosynthesis these parts are known as subpersonalities.
For a while now I have considered myself to be an integrative practitioner - someone who draws on both coaching and therapeutic methodologies in the service of my clients. But what do I actually mean by that?
