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Challenging Coaching
Going beyond traditional coaching to face the FACTS
Challenging coaching is designed for executive coaching, conference keynotes and coach development.
Challenging coaching is the joint work of Dr John Blakey and Ian Day; we believe that executive coaching is a crucial tool for transforming leadership capability. We challenge leaders and coaches to be courageous and be more than they currently are.
Our board level clients told us they loved our challenging coaching style –
an approach inspired by our extensive work with business leaders and Olympic medallists.
Latest blogs
I've not blogged for a long time. Some of you may know I've been ill. Here's my story of illness and recovery, this is longer than a typical blog, but I hope this inspires you to live a better life. Feel free to contact me if you want to talk: “What’s it like to be…
Coaching has grown significantly in popularity and in professionalism over the past 30 to 40 years, but has this development plateaued? The hot topics of the last few years have been supervision, neuroscience, team coaching and mindfulness, but are these just small incremental changes that have broadened coaching rather than moving it on? What is…
On 2nd July, Huffington Post published the headline, "EU Referendum: A Guide To The Most F*cked Up Week In UK Political History", well I might not agree with the wording, but the sentiment is pretty true. I don't intend to go into blame and accusations as have been seen in many articles this week, but…
In the 2015-16 English football season, there has been a real shake up as the Premiership was won by Leicester City Football Club, who at the beginning of the season were placed as 5000 to 1 outsiders. So what has created such a turn around, and what relevance does this have for non-football fans? In…
What is trust? Our academic colleagues have been debating the definition of trust for over thirty years and they still haven’t reached a final agreement. However, all definitions of trust agree that it involves these three components:- Risk – to trust someone involves making ourselves vulnerable Hope – when you take the risk of trusting…
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The Next Lamp Post – what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger. My greatest challenge, a… https://goo.gl/fb/X3Z2nv
Fear and anxiety easily give way to anger and violence. The opposite of fear is trust, which, related to warm-heartedness, boosts our self-confidence. Compassion also reduces fear, reflecting as it does a concern for others’ well-being. This is what really attracts friends.
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