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Should a coach take notes?

Ah, yes, here we are again quoting the golden rule of coaching: “It all depends”. So I am sorry if you came here for a

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On top of Mount Stupid

Don’t you love the view? If you are like me, you’ve spent years and years or months and months hiking up this beautiful mountain, jumped

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NEVER ask a WHY-question — why should you?

In many coaching schools or leadership courses you learn NEVER to ask why questions. They lead to: Assigning blame Asking for justification Deepening the discussion

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Is a coach a cheerleader?

According to the updated core competency model of the International Coaching Federation, a coach “celebrates the client’s progress and successes”, “notices what is working to enhance client

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Does a coach actually work?

There are old adages in the coachosphere: “NEVER work more than your client! The client does all the work! Here works the client!” Hmm… “So

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Coaching and leading non-native English speakers

Most of us live in a bi-lingual world where we either speak more than one language or are communicating with people whose native language is

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I am a coach, I tell you what to do!

As much as we state it in the beginning of a coaching contract, some clients continue to want us to tell them what to do.

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For no-one is an island…

In social constructionist approaches to coaching, like the Solution Focused or Narrative Practice, we assume that we cannot look at our clients outside their context.

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Do you know THIS online coaching tool?

I didn’t either until our colleague Raf and I developed it in one of our conversations while our participants were in the breakout rooms (just

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Risks and side effects of being a coach

I don’t know if you have commercials for medication in your country — in Germany, they always end with a disclaimer or warning: “For information on

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Psychological Safety?

Ever since the google aristotle project “psychological safety” seems to be the buzz word of teams today. What always amuses me is that it is

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TEAM COACHING

More homework!

Last week, I blogged about “homework” and several wonderful people took up the opportunity to discuss this question in the “Free Coaching Meetup and Exchange”

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A little fish with your bicycle? Metaphor menus in coaching

I love metaphors — I love playing with language and being playful is something I really enjoy. Recently I came across a BBC documentary podcast

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Forming, Storming and Debunking Teamphases for Teamcoaches

I started leading a team of 14 dedicated board members of ICF Germany as president in November 2020 we had our wonderful and inspiring initial

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Controversial Discussions in Meetings

You are dreading the meeting — you know the issue at hand is highly controversial. You’ve talked to a few people and there are two

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