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Passing ownership and responsibility with a non-directive style of coaching by Simon Dennis

Passing ownership and responsibility with a non-directive style of coaching by Simon Dennis

Simon Dennis
Practitioner Experience, Cases/Caselets, Internal Coaching, coaching style, relating/relationship

My style of management and coaching can best be described as non-directive. Over time my roles have evolved to become more strategic than tactical, more management than operational. Partly it was about always seeking consensus – usually by asking questions – rather than telling somebody how something could be better. Partly it was also because I didn’t

Dispatch from the [Internal Coaching] Front by Ian Flanders

Dispatch from the [Internal Coaching] Front by Ian Flanders

Ian Flanders
Internal Coaching, External references, supervision, Cases/Caselets

I recently took part in a group supervision meeting with a number of my fellow internal coaches. For the coaches it is an opportunity, once a quarter to come together and discuss our practices. My sense is that for all of us it is an opportunity to get help and support, learn from others’ experiences, and take strength from the community. During this meeting two of the group shared quite different dilemmas that were troubling them, 

Evaluating and enhancing the internal Job+ coach programme by Petra Macdougald

Evaluating and enhancing the internal Job+ coach programme by Petra Macdougald

Petra Macdougald
Internal Coaching, Professional Experience

In December 2016 I shared with you the benefits our internal Job+ coaching programme generates and how we worked in parallel with 5 internal full-time coaches and a pool of 13 Job+ coaches (colleagues who perform individual coaching in addition to their business tasks) to meet coaching demands. This way of working allows us to provide individual and team coaching as well as support leadership development.

The Accidental Coach OR "How I stumbled across coaching and discovered I was one" By Epimetheus (guest)

The Accidental Coach OR "How I stumbled across coaching and discovered I was one" By Epimetheus (guest)

Guest Author
Practitioner Experience, Internal Coaching

Service - helping others.  There, I’ve said it. After much reflection and rummaging in my memory I’d sum up my approach to coaching with that one word.  Jeremy Bentham wrote, “Create all the happiness you are able to create.  Remove all the misery you are able to remove.”  And coaching is a powerful way of doing that.

“Making sense of how we define a coaching approach – Part 3 : differentiating leaders taking a coaching approach from internal coaches” by Doug Montgomery and Laurent Terseur

“Making sense of how we define a coaching approach – Part 3 : differentiating leaders taking a coaching approach from internal coaches” by Doug Montgomery and Laurent Terseur

Joint Authors
Cases/Caselets, coaching style, Internal Coaching, Professional Experience, Benefits writing

In our first two blogs of this mini series we explored what it took for us as former leaders and managers to expand our existing range of styles by adding a more coaching approach, and shared what we felt were the related benefits and challenges that may be of value to others. 

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