Coaching
Meeting the president
Last week, I attended the International Coaching Federation meeting for Accredited Coach Training Providers. We were lucky enough to have the incoming president Ed Modell attend and listen to our points and answer our questions. The UK ICF president Katherine Pope took lots of photos and I’ll be posting some photos of me with the…
Read MoreBreaking news: ILM endorsement
The Performance Solution are proud to announce that we are once again setting a high standard for coach training and showing our commitment to regulatory bodies as we have achieved the status of recognised provider of the ILM: Our Training Programme in Higher Professional Coaching Certificate Level 1 is now endorsed by the Institute of…
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 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…
Read MoreCoaching in the Global Village
COACHING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE How could I resist posting this brilliant short film by Nic Askew. The idea of coaching as empowerment is so poignant and often gets overlooked as coaches get brought in as a remedial alternative to disciplinary action! Dr Patrick Williams’ concept of coaching globally, not just reserving it for top execs,…
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