Posts by Sally Vanson
A thought on being “Made Redundant”
I think a lot about language, and the actual meaning of the words we use. So here’s some definitions I looked up: Made= Prepared, created, designed, formed, produced, to cause to exist or happen, bring about, to bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material, construct, to form by assembling individuals or constituents,…
Read MoreHow to lose staff and alienate your employees in 10 easy steps
Don’t talk to them about anything personal to them. Your employees like to remember that they are human and that at work, their home lives are also appreciated and taken into consideration. If you want to alienate them, make sure you never ask about their families, weekends or holidays. Don’t praise them. When your staff…
Read MoreResources for Supervision
Thanks to the overwhelming interest in our Certificate in Supervision for Coaches and NLP Practitioners, we have decided to add a Supervision section to our book shop. If you can recommend any good books or audiovisual resources about supervision, please feel free to let us know.
Read MoreHow to dump a coaching client – it’s not you it’s me
Ending a relationship with a client can be tricky. You don’t want to sour the hard work you’ve put in together and you don’t want to leave your client stranded. So here are our tips for ending the coach-client relationship professionally and sensitively Contract! Before you even start coaching your new client, you need to…
Read MoreThe Impact of Professional Coach Training
We are currently undertaking research into the professional and personal impacts of coach training. If you have trained as a coach, please could you fill out our survey to aid this research: Click here to take survey
Read MoreWhat your body language says about you…
…Well, not a lot actually! We’ve all read the books on body language, and practised on our friends. We’ve all observed conversations that we can’t hear and tried to guess at what the emotions involved are. We’ve all sat in meetings or interviews and started to quake in our polished shoes when the boss’ body…
Read More10% off Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance for coaches
We are happy to announce that we have partnered with Westminster Indemnity to provide a 10% discount on Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance for professional coaches. If you would like to benefit from this discount, simply click here
Read MoreFernando is Faster than you
For those of your who didn’t see it, during the German Grand Prix yesterday, Ferrari were heard to give a coded message “Fernando is faster than you” to let his team mate know to let him pass. Watch the video here courtesy of BBC news. This made me think about the idea of a “coded…
Read MoreAre your staff too big for their boots?
I had a conversation with a client where they expressed their frustration at work as their company wouldn’t fund any training for them. As we talked through this it emerged that it was not because the company was lacking funds, or couldn’t spare the employee for that amount of time. The reason the company wouldn’t…
Read MoreMaking the most of the public sector training budget
Following the cuts, the job-losses and the pay-freezes the public sector is faced with having to continue to provide the same service, with considerably less to offer its staff. However there are things the public sector can do in order to keep their staff motivated and better prepared to handle what lies ahead: Training. A…
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