The Mindset Shift: How to Harness Change and Innovation for a Successful Future

The global lockdown sparked a collective fantasy: that people would fundamentally change their way of thinking, using the extra time for self-reflection and re-evaluation of life’s true value. Many hoped the exceptional circumstances would trigger lasting changes. However, the first noticeable shifts were most often rooted in fear—responses to the stress, confusion, and uncertainty of…

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Listening as the Foundation of True Inclusion: A New Paradigm

Inclusion has been a central focus for me over the years, beginning with gender and later expanding into generational inclusion across various large organizations. Through this journey, I’ve witnessed firsthand the unconscious mechanisms people employ, often driven by a binary mindset of “same” versus “different.” This binary logic stands in the way of true inclusion…

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So you’re thinking about becoming a coach?

We get phonecalls all the time from people who are interested in becoming coaches and are being told hundreds of different things about what training to go for. Choosing a coach training course is so confusing! To help you make an informed decision about coach training, we have developed an impartial information pamphlet . Wherever…

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Virginia Satir Video

We’d like to share these videos of Virginia Satir, whose techniques formed the beginnings of NLP and have become great examples for those of us who practice change work with clients:

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Setting the Gold Standard

At The Performance Solution® we are passionate about training coaches who can go out into the world and use their coaching skills alongside the codes of ethics and practice of the major professional bodies in our field. Coaching is being pushed to regulate itself and we are fighting the good fight to make sure that…

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ICF ACTP accreditation

Our coaching programmes can now lead to ICF ACTP accreditation. U2Coach based in Rome have joined The Performance Group so that we can ensure our European clients receive the best possible service. This also enables NLPU, ICF and Association for Coaching recognised programmes to be run acros Europe, thus providing our clients with multiple accreditations.

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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…

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Breaking 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…

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Which Coaching Organisation Should I Use?

There are so many coaching associations out there now that shopping for coaching services or for coach training is becoming a minefield of acronyms. Which organisation should you choose? How can you tell who represents what? How do you know that an accreditation is really worth its salt? To help with this confusion we pinpoint…

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