Our Musings
We’ve put together a collection of articles, written by us and our associates, that touch on the various elements of our programmes, and give you a flavour of our approach.
Bringing coaching skills to leadership conversations
As our work in the ‘Leader as Coach’ field continues to grow, I reflect on the evolution of the Laid Bare ‘Leader...
Using Coaching Skills as a Leader
"A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don't have all the answers, but I'm going to keep...
Listening with your eyes and ears
Listening is as easy as one, two, three, and is natural, or so it might seem on the face of it. Let us take breathing...
Advice giving. A habit? A default response?
How helpful is this habit and default response? How can we know best, even though we don't experience the world in the...
3 things that can get in the way of self-compassion for leaders
Dr. Kristin Neff, the researcher and renowned expert in the science of self-compassion, says: "With self-compassion,...
The magic fairy dust of change (using metaphors in coaching)
Often when we're coaching, our colleague may choose to represent their situation in a non-literal format - with the...
Promises – an aide-memoire for building the relationship in coaching
In their book 'Challenging Coaching' John Blakey and Ian Day talk about the coaching contract being a 'covenant' or a...