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Here you can find news, views, advice and guidance on Executive Coaching and Career Coaching topics. In the career coaching category there is plenty of support on a range of subjects including; interviews, assessment centres and creating a great CV. In the Executive Coaching section there articles on subjects such as how to select an Executive Coach and what happens in Executive Coaching.
A Coach’s View of Coaching Supervision
This is a personal view and story about coaching supervision. When I started out as an Executive Coach I was told that it was important to have coaching supervision, but nobody explained how it worked or its benefits. Doubts About Coaching Supervision There were a range of reasons why I had doubts [...]
Assessment Centre Presentations
Most assessment centres require candidates to make a presentation during them. Here are 6 top tips on presentations from those that act as Assessors. Why Assessment Centres Include Presentations All assessment centres are designed to look for a specific set of competencies (behaviours or capabilities). These vary by company and by the [...]
Assessment Centre Success
Here we give you some of the important but perhaps less obvious tips on how to be successful at an assessment centre. Most of the tips here relate to how you behave outside the main assessment process. This is something candidates often do not consider. If you want to know more about how to [...]
Location of Executive Coaching Sessions
As part of some research I recently carried out I investigated the role and importance of the location of coaching for 6 Executive Coaching clients. Their perspectives on the role played by the location for coaching was interesting and not always what as a Coach I might have expected. The identification of the participants [...]
Coaching Provides Self-Discipline
In research recently carried out on the coaching relationship I found one slightly surprising aspect of the coaching relationship perceived as valuable by Executive Coaching clients. The six Executive Coaching clients interviewed all perceived that the coaching relationship provided a discipline and structure to make things happen. This study is based on research [...]
5 Ways Coaching Can Benefit Your Business
There are a wide variety of claims made for the benefit of coaching in organisations. In some cases the ROI for coaching seems to be better than any other investment. In others there appears to be no quantifiable benefit at all. Here we present 5 key benefits of coaching identified by the International Coach [...]
Creating a Successful Career
Creating a successful career is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. You need all the pieces in place before you can complete it. In terms of your career there are a number of key elements that need to come together in order for you to get the promotions that you want. Here [...]
The Key Ingredient in Executive Coaching Success
One of the key ingredients in Executive Coaching success takes place before the coaching even starts. The Contracting Stage In the contracting stage the client, the boss and the coach agree the objectives for the coaching that is going to take place. Very often this is the first time there has been [...]
Executive Coaching Beware of Experts
When selecting an Executive Coach clients will often look for an expert. They tend to regard as important that their coach is an expert in their: industry sector functional area coaching topic As an Executive Coach it’s interesting that I would perhaps consider only the experience of the topic as marginally relevant. So why [...]
Interview Preparation
The good news is that you have got an interview! What’s amazing is the number of people that fail to prepare for their interview and as a result blow it. Preparing for Interview The advice here is based on my time as an HR Director, the experience of preparing our career coaching [...]
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