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Matt Somers
Member since 07th February 2008
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10th November 2008
Coaching v Managing
It is difficult to decide on a single definition of the word management and this is not helped by the modern trend in organizations to label almost everything and everybody as management in some way. Arguably, everybody in an organi...
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27th October 2008
Everybody is talking about coaching these days, but what does it mean? Isn't it what football managers do? Well it might be, but these days football managers seem to have an army of separate defence coaches goalkeeping coaches and so on, so that's not a h...
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09th September 2008
In order to establish rapport in coaching we must get on our coachee's wavelength. In other words we need to appreciate how they see the world and adapt our communication style to match.
I remember a time I used rapport to my advantage.
I was called...
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02nd September 2008
There are compelling reasons for introducing coaching to organisations but we can nevertheless expect to encounter certain barriers. We need to understand what these barriers are and how we might help others develop their appreciation of the benefits of c...
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02nd September 2008
I have written many articles which have explored the nature of coaching and looked in depth at the skills and techniques involved in becoming a useful and effective coach for the individuals and teams with whom we work.
In this piece I want to widen th...
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28th August 2008
In my work training managers to transform motivation through coaching, I am often asked how long coaching sessions should last and how often they should take place. To me that's a question that belongs up there with how long is a piece of string?
We do...
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22nd August 2008
Over the last decade or so, the term coaching has entered the general language of management and become seen as an integral part of successful Human Resource Management. Whilst we have had coaching behaviours as long as we've had management, they have onl...
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20th August 2008
Any acronym like the Coaching ARROW or GROW is useful only insofar as it helps us remember the underlying principles. They are not intended to suggest that asking questions in sequence is all there is to effective coaching.
In the same way musicians ar...
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17th August 2008
As the old saying goes, "Pray for potatoes, but pick up a hoe."
Notwithstanding all the energy we have put into coaching in the first four stages of the ARROW sequence, in some ways we have achieved very little. In truth we have thought, pondered, inte...
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16th August 2008
It is now time to help the people whom we coach think through the various options they have in handling their situations and moving towards their aims.
The biggest danger here is to just settle for the first idea that comes to mind. It may well be that...
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15th August 2008
The reflection stage of the ARROW sequence provides the person being coached (the coachee) with an opportunity to reflect on what's been uncovered so far. Depending on the underlying issue and how much time is available for coaching in one session, Reflec...
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17th July 2008
The most important thing we must recognize as we coach people through the Reality stage is that it is all a matter of perception.
We are all constantly interpreting our environment based on our own experiences. As a result we construct our own unique m...
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07th July 2008
Aims are a fundamental part of our lives. Whether it aims about ourselves such as losing weight or quitting smoking or whether it's aims about our circumstances such as making more money or changing jobs.
One of the most useful things you can do as a c...
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03rd July 2008
We know that to be an effective coach requires us to have certain skills and knowledge, and to have a healthy, positive attitude regarding the nature of people at work and their potential to grow, develop and become the best they can be.
The most effec...
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30th June 2008
Coaching starts when coach and coachee recognise a gap between the coachee's potential (what they could do) and their results (what they actually do). These are known as performance gaps.
Where the performance gap is to do with knowledge:
Coaching i...
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