Coaching only works when the coach fully believes that their client has the resources and ability to find a way forward. It is true that the client needs to trust the coach.  And the coach needs to trust the client. If this is not present, the relationship can never move beyond transaction to transformation.

• 3D Juggling 477: Who speaks first?
  Claire writes: "There was a rush in the UK on Friday to see who would be the first party leader to speak first after the election result produced no majority. David Cameron's team announced that he would make an announcement at 2.30. And Gordon Brown spoke first to reassure the nation that it still has leadership in the vacuum.
  
  
• 3D Juggling 436: Hold your nerve
  That was certainly a case of holding my nerve even though I was unsure about what would happen next. That's what needs to happen in effective conversations at work. Sometimes we need to open a conversation without the security of knowing the other 5 bullet points which we have as our comfort in a notebook and trust our colleague and the process...
  
  
• 3D Juggling 227: New Life
  As I marvelled at this it struck me that this is the business we are in! We work with people to help them to discover and realise their potential, to help them to become the very best they can be. We offer a special kind of nurturing to help people grow and develop as individuals and members of communities. We are in the business of working with people to enable then to find and realise some of their potential so that they become the best that they can be - strong, mighty oak trees.'