Coaching during a recession…

A colleague pointed out that I’d worked through a recession and wondered if I’d got any tips? I don’t like talking about my own work too much, but the backstory might help explain the bullet points… Coaching through recessions… what… Continue reading

New course: Introduction to Reflective Practice and Journaling (Oxford, Jan 2020)

Does your profession expect you to use reflective practice (RP) to maintain the ability to practice? Increasingly professional bodies are seeing that attending workshops and conferences have limited long-term impact without the habit of RP. This is particularly true of… Continue reading

University of Oxford Continuing Education 2019/2020 programme is released!

If you are interested in doing something a little intellectual, widening your worldview, or exploring new ways of engaging with life, then you might be interested to know that the University of Oxford Continuing Education programme for 2019/2020 has gone… Continue reading

What is it that makes you different?

Our Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is the quality that sets us apart from other people.  Of course, a USP has to have some kind of relationship to the needs of our ‘customers’ (for want of a better term).  If they… Continue reading

Masters’ Level (CIPD L7) Human Resources Management qualification – Sept 2017

If you work in HR, this is an incredible opportunity. Gain a Masters’ Level qualification in your spare time, over two years at a very reasonable cost. Here’s a summary of last week’s ‘taster’ afternoon: CIPD Level 7 Taster Afternoon… Continue reading

University of Oxford – Advanced Coaching Course – Summer 2017

Absolutely delighted that the Oxford University Advanced Coaching course is being repeated this year. The feedback from the students last academic year was fantastic, and I am looking forward to working with the 2017 cohort. We’ve moved the programme from… Continue reading

Oxford University – Introduction to Coaching courses 2016

I am absolutely delighted that applications for the redesigned, University of Oxford “Introduction to Coaching” course are now open! The course is running in BOTH Oxford and Reading Universities this Autumn – take your pick!  It will be the same… Continue reading

Instead of grand dreams, what about your 2014 New Year’s resolutions being a form of succession plan?

In a remarkable bit of succession planning, Prince William is to attend a bespoke agriculture course at the University of Cambridge to prepare him for his inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall when his father, Price Charles succeeds to the… Continue reading