Coaching Articles
Adopting a coaching leadership style in relation to employees has been found to be an essential component of developing a supportive approach to employee growth and development and the retention of talent. Here’s why managers and leaders as coaches get such great results:
- They listen better and r ...
From its early roots in the 1950s when coaching was conceived as a master-apprentice developmental relationship, to the 1970s when concepts from sports coaching became integrated into human resource development, coaching has been considered a core component of the human resource professional program...
The benefits of coaching have been widely researched and accepted internationally. Personal benefits to coached individuals include: increased ability to self-reflect, leading to increased self-awareness and understanding before taking action; improved self-esteem; greater self-confidence and self-e...
Leaders who coach their direct reports are setting them up for success. They listen to them, provide feedback in a non-judgmental way, and support the new learnings. They don’t accept unproductive behaviours like blaming others, denying that there is a problem, or trying to justify inaction. Leaders...
The need for organisations to be flexible in a global environment has highlighted the importance of two key factors: adaptive leadership strategies and organisational culture. Improving workforce productivity to achieve or exceed organisational goals and objectives is a key management priority in a ...
Steve James has graduated with his Diploma of Executive Coaching. He achieved the Diploma in just 4 months, having studied over a holiday period and thereafter, clearing his diary as much as possible of work commitments so that he could complete his course. A magnificent effort to complement his con...
Tess Hansen writes: “I dove into the Diploma of Life Coaching having had a remarkable and deeply moving experience at a women’s group coaching retreat. I was actually there to assist my partner who is a photographer and was there to take promotional shots. I was then asked to participate in an exerc...
“My name is DJ, and achieving my Diploma in Executive Coaching is the pinnacle of a fourteen (14) year journey to where I am today. In September 2001, I started a modest Personal Training Studio, equipped with a Cert III in Fitness, a hired gym in a Hotel and a head full of ideas that I was going to...
Christine Aarons has graduated with a Diploma of Leadership Coaching. She writes: “I have thoroughly enjoyed the in-depth review of my life this course has enabled me to do. The realistic, positive approach of the material ensures you are not only a student of the material, you are also a student o...
Shelley Garrett has graduated with a Diploma of Life Coaching. Shelley has experience in the retail sector including at the management level. Her passion of working with community and youth employment called her back to her home town where she is now lives a joyous life doing what she loves best. Te...
Sue Gibbons has graduated with a Diploma of Life Coaching. Sue has a varied background including working in the Australian Army, and she now works full-time in the community Aged Care Sector. Because of her past work and life experiences Sue has developed a great understanding of the challenges peo...
Paula McSporran is a Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and ABNLP approved NLP Trainer. As one of the AIPC Instructors, Paula was keen to experience the course firsthand and has now graduated with a Diploma of Executive Coaching. Paula works with executives and leadership teams t...