November 21, 2024
Anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome, and feelings of overwhelm are common issues affecting millions of people around the world as part of the global mental health crisis. This crisis has touched almost every aspect of our lives, and the coaching profession is no exception. According to the recently released 2024 ICF Coaching Snapshot: Coaching and Mental …read more.
January 25, 2024
Last week the world’s most influential voices gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2024 World Economic Forum, an event that invites us to explore the issues and challenges facing global society. While the agenda had a strong focus on geopolitics and the global economy, it also provided a chance to examine the opportunities lying in …read more.
September 7, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved as a powerful set of tools that process, synthesize, apply, and augment information. As these technologies become more sophisticated, they will transform the world of work for many professions, including coaching. AI is already being used to help coaches market their individual businesses, to support organizations in identifying development needs, …read more.
March 23, 2022
My friend, who I’ll call Bob, was nearing the end of life. Bob and I had worked together for years and had grown to be good friends. As he was coming to terms with the end of life, Bob ask me to stop by for a visit. We sat across the room from each other …read more.
June 22, 2021
In Coaching for Self-Actualization: Part I, I reviewed how Maslow’s work on the Hierarchy of Needs can be used in coaching and the Maslow Centre’s re-conceptualization of it in the 21st century. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can help a coach better attune to their clients’ needs and help them move to self-actualization. Self-actualization is the exploration of who you are …read more.
June 4, 2021
As a coach, it’s not news to you that the pandemic brought with it a unique set of challenges for the industry. From meeting new needs to finding new ways to connect, it’s been a year of anxiety, adjustment and adaptation. As a follow-up to its 2020 ICF Global Coaching Study, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) committed to perform a snapshot survey to continue gauging the depth and range of the impact COVID-19 has on coaches around the world. The results of the initial COVID-19 and …read more.
June 1, 2021
The Intersection of Life Coaching, Positive Psychology and the Making of Meaning Since their inceptions in the mid to late 1990s, both coaching (with respect to ICF) and positive psychology have flourished as fields of study, gaining insight from each other. Life coaching offers several important insights, including the effectiveness of guiding clients to focus …read more.
May 26, 2021
It has been more than 20 years since Martin Seligman formally launched Positive Psychology (the science of human flourishing) in 1998 as a way to move away from the perception that psychology only focuses on disorder or negative facets of behavior. Positive Psychology moves the field toward more positive concepts of optimal human functioning, including …read more.
January 18, 2021
Believing whether interests can be developed or are inherent may impact an individual’s ability to address and solve the complex challenges of our VUCA world. Today’s problems often require people to draw from different disciplines to come up with effective solutions. According to new research from Yale-NUS College, if someone has a “growth mindset of interest” …read more.
January 4, 2021
As generational change and economic dynamics continue to influence our world, rewards and challenges will be equally present in the coach profession. To help you make sense of what is yet to come, this article focuses on three major trends that will shape the future of coaching. After reading, you will get a better sense …read more.
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