16 APR 2024 · Today Clare and Steve explore the topic of ethics - please don't switch off! Our podcasters challenge the notion that ethics are clear and that there is an answer as to what is right or wrong when we coach. We explore how ethics and moral codes are inter-connected, and how what might be the right or wrong way forward in an ethical dilemma might be more a function of your personal moral code, your client's, the relationship and the contextual situation than it is anything else. It certainly may not be as simple as your supervisor's view, what the coaching bodies say, what your training taught you or a chapter in a book. There are many shades of grey - we couldn't comment on how many !

19 MAR 2024 · Steve and Clare have a wide-ranging conversation with Yannick Jacob about the question “Who are you?” Why is this important? Because who you are is how you coach. And being your authentic self is how you differentiate yourself from the other coaches in the marketplace; and how you make connections (or not) with potential clients. We talk about the role of supervision in supporting this exploration, the role of reflective practice and the role of our initial training. You can connect with Yannick via his: - Website for coaches: http://www.rocketsupervision.com/ - Coaching Lab: http://www.gocoachinglab.com/ - Coaching website: http://www.existential.coach/ - Free resources for coaches: https://rocketsupervision.com/free-stuff/ (including my Positive Psychology for Coaches eBook) Yannick Jacob is a coach, trainer and supervisor with a master's degree in existential coaching and applied positive psychology. He is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he’s the course director of the School of Positive Transformation’s https://courses.schoolofpositivetransformation.com/courses/accredited-certificate-in-integrative-coaching?ref=039984, for which he gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches and earliest pioneers. Formerly programme leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London, Yannick now presents at conferences internationally and his book, https://www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Existential-Coaching-How-Philosophy-Can-Help-Your-Clients/Jacob/p/book/9780367139995, was published by Routledge. Committed to helping other coaches be the best coaches they can be, Yannick founded and hosts https://gocoachinglab.com/ which gives novice and seasoned coaches an opportunity to witness experienced coaches live in action, and he is the host of Animas Centre for Coaching's popular podcast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK9UENWT66CUcOyiLjUuEZ6281D6A47M, as well as his own podcasts https://talkingaboutcoaching.buzzsprout.com/ and https://coachingandpsychedelics.buzzsprout.com/.

20 FEB 2024 · In today’s episode, Steve and Clare talk about the confusion that can happen – for both coach and thinker – when the coach changes hats. That might be moving from: - consultant or mentor to coach and back - leadership trainer to coach and back - employee to coach and back - psychometrics feedback giver to coach and back We talk about how to make that clean such that the thinker knows which role you are playing – and so that you avoid a repositioning of power in this relationship of supposed equals. We also talk about the hats that supervisors might sometimes be invited to wear by supervisees – and which of those hats we hand back as soon as we can! What does Mr Benn have to do with it? If you grew up, like us, in the seventies in the UK, you will remember him going into the changing rooms and coming out wearing different outfits – not just different hats - then going off on an adventure based on that outfit. We found it funny anyway!

16 JAN 2024 · Clare and Steve are joined by Charly Cox from Climate Change Coaches and together we explore working with climate change. The largest single topic for us all as human beings today, Charly talks about her work training and guiding coaches to deal with the enormity of this vast subject area and the emotional connection that can come with it for both client and coach. We notice how collusion and judgement can be present and how emotions such as fear and guilt can emerge, yet we also reflect on how, with the support of supervision, coaches can discover patterns, resources and learning in their work, which can help them both to thrive with their clients, and also to develop their own approach to coaching and change. This is a topic we all need to embrace, so why not start here? Some links from our guest... - https://climatechangecoaches.com/our-book/ ( a free chapter download on this page of our book and it has links to where to buy it ) - https://climatechangecoaches.com/coaches/ (coach training programme. beginning mid March) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charly-cox-co-founder-climate-change-coaches-cert-b-corp-907bb719/ (Charly on LinkedIn)

19 DEC 2023 · Clare and Steve explore how to evaluate our coaching (and also our supervision): - How do we balance our needs with whether we are meeting those of our clients? - How do we know? - What can we pay attention to, and how can our self-awareness and self-development be used to support this process of evaluation? - And what about feedback? Exploring this topic leaves our podcasters with new learning and a sense of gratitude.

21 NOV 2023 · In today’s podcast, Steve and Clare discuss ways to start a coaching session. We’ve talked a good deal about endings, but less about beginnings. Here, we notice how the first minute in a coaching session provides rich data and that if we meet them where they are at that time, we can support the thinker to talk out loud and iterate in the moment about what’s most important to bring to this coaching session – much more than going into a standard question such as “what do you want to work on today?”

17 OCT 2023 · Prompted by a supervisee, frustrated with where the coaching went after they asked a nice broad open question, Clare and Steve explore how to decide whether your next question should narrow the focus or broaden it out. Do you consciously decide and how sure are you of what your question is doing? Do you have a favourite focus; are you more comfortable going one way?

19 SEP 2023 · Coaches sometimes give homework to their clients. Clare and Steve discuss their own experiences of this, revealing their personal belief systems about it. But is homework just one topic which shines a light on bigger questions for us as coaches, and would exploration of your take on homework, with your supervisor, prove useful? Perhaps it would?

15 AUG 2023 · "How does one know to say you're not fit for a session as a coach?" This was the group supervision question raised recently that Steve and Clare explore. Maybe you are physically, mentally or emotionally not at your 'best' level, but don't want to cancel with your client as they may judge you, you may feel guilty, or maybe you simply need the money? This a great topic for group supervision because we will all, as coaches, experience physical, emotional and mental 'dips' because ... we are all human.

18 JUL 2023 · Clare and Steve talk with Salma Shah about how to coach under-represented and minority groups in a majority space. We can all learn to listen more intently to what is going on for the people we work with, so as not to make any assumptions about their life experience or entanglements. Salma helps us to pay more attention to the subtleties of difference, no matter whether that is about being an introvert in an extroverted world or being from a working-class background in a middle-class organisation (to name just two that are less frequently talked about). But that in itself is a simplification, given the intersectionalities that exist within all of us. You’ll find Salma’s book here: https://amzn.eu/d/2tYPWF3 Salma is the Founder and Director of the award-winning Mastering Your Power, a certified coach training programme designed with a wider systemic lens of diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity. Based in London, UK she works with clients at a senior level in public, private and voluntary sectors; supervises and trains other coaches; presents at events both in the UK and internationally.