The paradoxes of being a coach

My definition of patience, cheeky smile included. Last week, I hosted a session on something every person who coaches wrestles with — confidence and patience. If you missed it, the...

The I-Thou relationship of coaching Encouraging you to get it wrong? That sounds … well, what does it sound like to you?Dangerous? Liberating? Confusing? Career-limiting? All of the above? In...

A bright and cheerful microclimate I want to build on last week’s newsletter because I got responses to it that I suspect you might relate to. Many people shared that...

An ecological metaphor, even if I’m covered in snow (literally) Most of us are not great at diagnosing our own growth. We tend to compare ourselves to others and assume...

Asking this added a few new ones to my list You might have thought you had all the questions you needed to build better conversations, unlock curiosity, and be more...

Frankly, this doesn’t look good We’re well into the year (I know! Don’t panic!), and it’s a perfect moment to take a beat and look at all those things you...

The gift of … accountability? For The Year of The Coaching Habit, I’m revealing exactly what’s at play in a couple of days, at Thursday’s webinar. One of the things...

Ester Perell. What a legend. What an insight. One of the inherent flaws with the whole idea of self-development and self-growth is its insistence on the atomisation of the self....

Waiting for friends to arrive for dinner in Sydney. I think the thing that might make you happiest this year is more of the right people in your life. At...

Who knows what my 59th year will bring. I’m going to knock three times and see. This time of year can feel a little … intense, yes? For us North...

My spell books for coaching x parents. If you’ve come this far, you may be hearing the call, or maybe a whisper, or maybe a whisper of a whisper, that...