Coach Development

Coaching in Real Time: What’s Emerging, Emotion, and Self as Tools

2025-10-04T19:39:31+01:00

In every coaching conversation, something more than words is at play. Beyond the client’s agenda and our chosen approach, subtle shifts of energy, emotion and unspoken meaning unfold between coach and client. These live dynamics, sometimes fleeting, sometimes intense, can unlock powerful insights when a coach is ready to notice and work with them. Coaching in Real Time is a two-part CPD series designed for coaches who want to deepen their ability to work with what is emerging in the moment. By focusing on presence, emotion and the coach’s own self-awareness, the series explores how to respond to what is ...

Coaching in Real Time: What’s Emerging, Emotion, and Self as Tools2025-10-04T19:39:31+01:00
  • Reflective Practice

Ruminations on Reflective Practice

2025-10-04T18:37:45+01:00

Part of the ICF Core Competencies state that coaches should undergo regular reflective practice to enhance their proficiency, however, I know that many people are not natural reflective practitioners. Reflection is a skill, like many others, that needs to be honed through practice and understanding. It also requires some time and space which, in the modern world of work, is often lacking. To think about why it is so important and to raise awareness of why we should make time for it, I have been ruminating on what we actually know about the benefits of reflecting. “Reflective practice significantly enhances ...

Ruminations on Reflective Practice2025-10-04T18:37:45+01:00

Embodying the Mindset that HSP Clients are Creative, Resourceful and Whole

2025-09-29T16:14:07+01:00

A beautiful braid of belief, blessings and the best bits of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) A Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) My nursery school teacher said I quietly took everything in, and if anyone ever thought I wasn’t switched on, they’d be very mistaken. Later, I remember I’d come home from school, do my chores, crawl behind the sofa, dark and warm, and I’d go to sleep until dinner. Nowadays, I can feel anxious about time with my in-laws knowing they’ll talk over each other, knives and forks clanging on plates, voices getting louder. I can pick up on ...

Embodying the Mindset that HSP Clients are Creative, Resourceful and Whole2025-09-29T16:14:07+01:00

What your coaching presence says about you as a coach

2025-08-29T18:01:01+01:00

Have you ever paused to consider what you’re communicating to your client through your coaching presence? Initially, this might seem like a strange question; surely, coaching presence is simply about how you’re showing up and being with your client in each moment during a coaching session. However, as you deepen your understanding of presence, it takes on new significance and walks hand in hand with who you are as a coach and your coaching philosophy. What is Presence, Really? Etymologically, presence derives from the Latin word praesentia. Prae implies a sense of being in front of something, and sentia relates ...

What your coaching presence says about you as a coach2025-08-29T18:01:01+01:00
  • The Unseen Edge

The Unseen Edge

2025-07-30T15:23:19+01:00

Why my inner world is my biggest advantage (and why it might be yours too)When I first jumped into the coaching world, I was totally buzzing with excitement and this huge desire to make a real difference. My early days were a blur of trying to learn everything. I soaked up every theory, dug into countless marketing plans, and chased every client-getting trick that promised growth. Like a lot of people starting out in any field, I was convinced that success was mostly about what you did outside yourself, with fancy systems, big networks, perfectly polished services. For a good while, ...

The Unseen Edge2025-07-30T15:23:19+01:00

The Quest for Wisdom in an Age of Algorithms: Reimagining the Coach’s Journey

2025-06-08T02:54:06+01:00

Originally posted on writewithai.xyz "Can an algorithm inspire a breakthrough moment of self-belief?" What happens when ancient wisdom meets silicon certainty? As I witness the explosion of AI coaching tools, I'm struck not by questions of replacement, but by deeper wonderings about the nature of human connection and how wisdom emerges between people. The truth I've observed through years of coaching is both humbling and profound: wisdom doesn't flow from coach to client like water from a vessel. Instead, it emerges in the space between two human beings who meet as equals, each bringing their whole selves to the conversation. ...

The Quest for Wisdom in an Age of Algorithms: Reimagining the Coach’s Journey2025-06-08T02:54:06+01:00

From Bookshelf to Breakthroughs: How the Alumni Book Club Fuels Coaching Growth

2025-05-30T17:14:20+01:00

At Coach Advancement, we value our alumni and have worked hard to create meaningful ongoing support to those who have trained with us. Some of the benefits our alumni can take advantage of are quarterly Coaching Clinics, participation in Coaching with Conscience projects, Coaching Circles, Book Club, discounts on programmes and more!  Today we’re going to take a closer look a the Alumni Book Club. We are currently in the midst of our ninth book and interest continues to grow around this offering. Books have long been a source ...

From Bookshelf to Breakthroughs: How the Alumni Book Club Fuels Coaching Growth2025-05-30T17:14:20+01:00
  • A teacher coaching a student

Coaching in Schools is Here to Stay

2025-05-09T19:16:09+01:00

Like many who train to become coaches, I first encountered the transformative power of coaching by being coached myself (by Tracy Sinclair) in 2012. As we worked through our sessions, I was more and more struck by how indispensable coaching would be as a tool to add to our repertoire. And not just for interactions with colleagues, but also with students and our parent body. Coaching aligns perfectly with the values that I / my school hold dear; that education is about developing independent, resilient learners who have the self awareness and confidence to tackle challenges on their own. Since ...

Coaching in Schools is Here to Stay2025-05-09T19:16:09+01:00
  • Reflective Practice

Reflections—Are they Useful?

2025-05-05T15:37:25+01:00

What do you notice? Do you remember those puzzles from childhood – spot the difference? The photos above are almost the same view on different days – apart from the obvious me swimming in one of them, what else do you notice? Things change over time. Reflecting gives us an opportunity to notice, to recognise, to explore, to think. The luxury of space to wonder… I reflect a great deal now but didn’t really when I was younger. Though reflecting on that statement, it is not quite true! I reflected but in less structured ways perhaps. As an individual, I ...

Reflections—Are they Useful?2025-05-05T15:37:25+01:00

Use of Self in Coaching – What is it and why does it matter?

2025-02-03T15:31:37+00:00

Ever Felt Stuck, Bored, or Overly Nurturing During a Coaching Session? If you’ve found yourself experiencing these unexpected feelings during a session, you’re not alone. Many coaches, even experienced ones, encounter moments when the energy in the room shifts or their role seems to change. Maybe you feel unusually nurturing toward a client or, conversely, find yourself feeling disengaged. Often, these responses aren’t random—they’re telling us something valuable about the client’s relational patterns or even the impact they unknowingly have on others. The magic lies in recognising these reactions as insights that can be used to help the client achieve ...

Use of Self in Coaching – What is it and why does it matter?2025-02-03T15:31:37+00:00
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