Over the years like in many other dimensions, the UAE has evolved tremendously in its matrix of professionalism. It has always been a torch bearer in terms of adapting the contemporary global trends of people development and empowerment in the Middle East. It would not be wrong to comment that this early adaptability is the […]
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Coaches Stay Out of Your Head!
One of the biggest barriers of coaching effectively is when a coach is too busy in their own head thinking about the next question they are going to ask, instead of staying in the moment, listening and watching their client. Coaching is not about the coach it is about the client. As human beings we […]
Does Your Organization Have The “Coaching” Gene?
The success of many organizations depends largely on the performance of its people and the development of their Human Resources. What is commonly understood is that this is a domain of the HR specialist and the training department, but a little bit of digging deeper will make us realize every manager in the organization is […]
How Managers Can Effectively Coach Their People
A common problem I encounter is business managers who find it difficult to both manage and coach their team effectively. This is because the role of manager and the role of a business coach are completely different. A manager is responsible for controlling or administering an organisation or group of staff. Often you will hear people […]
Creating the Future with Coaching
Imagine being able to connect minds from all corners of the world, to ignite change in the way the world thinks and how business is done? Becoming an entrepreneur first and an HR Leader second? Developing new products, solutions, technologies or services that no one could have dreamed of? This is not just a dream; […]
Freelance Consulting: Getting Started
People often ask me how I got into high-level consulting. A consultant works with the management of a business to improve the profitability of the business. Working with the top management, you can rest assured the consultant is a very highly paid individual. Some consultants charge $100 to $500 per hour. Others charge $1,500 to […]
6 Coaching Lessons from a Corner Man
In 1981 the legendary Muhammad Ali retired from boxing, yet today Ali remain one of the greatest boxers of the last century with a very inspiring and unique career and character. In 1981, the same year, a new shining star rose – Sugar Ray Leonard who won the Unified World Welterweight Championship. Behind these two […]
Using NLP Meta Programmes to Motivate Your Coaching Clients Part 3, Internal – External
To read part 1, click here. To read part 2, click here. Imagine each Meta Programmes as a scale, with the most extreme example at each end of the scale. Some people will be extremely ‘internal’, others extremely ‘external’, but many will be somewhere along the scale and some may be totally neutral in the centre. When […]
Using NLP Meta Programmes to Motivate Your Coaching Clients Part 2
To read part 1 of ‘Using NLP Meta Programmes to Motivate Your Coaching Clients’ click here. The Meta Programme covered in this article is Reactive – Proactive. Imagine each Meta Programmes as a scale, with the most extreme example at each end of the scale. Some people will be extremely ‘proactive’, others extremely ‘reactive’, but many […]
Is Your Business Ready for the Implementation of a Coaching Culture?
“Coaching is the art of facilitating the performance, learning and development of another.” Myles Downey, the author of ‘Effective Coaching’ encompasses very well, the developmental process that an individual takes when coaching another person. Coaching is a tool that has now become part of the key components of any toolkit for learning and development, organizational […]