As a coach, it may be hard to accept that when our coachee achieves their goals it wasn’t us who did the work. It may have felt like it, but the truth is that without the coachee’s buy in and work that goal can never be achieved; we are simply a tool (hopefully a good …
Coaching Session Set Simply
I often get asked about how to run a coaching session. To my mind this is a loaded question, it has a myriad of different answers because everyone is different. It is also important to remember as a Coach being flexible is the key. Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to …
Buddha and the Bandit
Buddha was once threatened by the bandit Angulimal, who said he was going to kill Buddha. “Then be good enough to grant me one last wish” requested Buddha. “Cut off the branch of that tree!” One slash of the sharp sword and it was done, the branch was shed from the tree. ‘What now!” demanded …
Coaching Utilising Values
Where were his values?! I don’t think it was that the person intended to be rude, or annoying, or disruptive. It was just that that was what was occurring. When they were being themselves, they were pleasant and then there were those instances when, without seemingly a filter to be found, they would just blurt …
Are you a Coach or an Advisor?
By Christine Walter When I first started training Life Coaching a participant told me that he wanted to be a Life Coach so that people would come to him for advice. So, I asked him “are you a Coach or an Advisor?” and I left him for a couple of days with the question. As …
The Story of Zodudu
A Polish folklore There is a village in Poland and the people have beautiful Zodudu (pronounced Shjodudu). For those that don’t know Zodudu is the beautiful warmth that people have inside. We all have Zodudu. It shines warm from the heart outward and is shared with everyone. The more it is shared the brighter …
Job Opportunity
The following Coaching job opportunity has been brought to our attention at Otago University by one of our members. For more information read the information below or go to the Otago University Careers website. Graduate Wellbeing Coach–1800852 STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE CAMPUS AND COLLEGIATE LIFE SERVICES Our Service Student Health provides health care services for students …
5 Simple Principles for Quality Communication
Communication is that abstract thing that is all around us; a verb that has been turned into a noun. We communicate through signs, movement, words, emotions – sometimes we communicate well, sometimes not so well. Even animals communicate. Here are 5 simple principles that will enhance your communication. 1. Understand that everything is communication. In …
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ATTITUDE IS A CHOICE
After several years of promising myself to read Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, I am finally doing so. It has been mentioned several times through a variety of professional development courses I have completed over the years and it suddenly turned up on my coffee table a month ago – my daughter had …
Welcome
Hello and thank you to those of you who have sent marvellous messages of congratulations. We have appreciated all of them. When a door closes another door always opens. I know many of you already know that we firmly believe there is always a choice and ANZI created a choice. The choice was – find someone else …