3D Ideas 876: Backwards and Forwards 2

Claire writes: “Not only is this a new year, it is also a new decade!  In the last blog we looked back – this one is about looking forward. Although I am not one to do deep and meaningful planning, having a sense of what we would like to be different by the end...

3D Ideas 875: Backwards and Forwards

Claire writes: “Every December, our family writes an A to Z of the year remembering, with some prompting of the alphabet, the highlights of what we have done.  This year will be no different, albeit tinged with a deep sadness of the two close friends who have died...

3D Ideas 871: Not a problem

Claire writes: ‘Last week I spent a day in the Maths classroom in a secondary school.  I was developing teachers who are using a coach approach with colleagues. There was plenty of learning and a recognition of how much coaching can easily seen to be a way of fixing...

3D Ideas 869: Time Lag

Claire writes: “It maybe that I am a bit preoccupied with stuff at the moment, but I seem to have stumbled over a useful idea. Several times recently family or colleagues have brought something big to a conversation when I wasn’t expecting it.  Every time I have...

3D Ideas 864: What can only I do?

Without doubt, the best way to escalate our learning as coaches is to watch coaching as much as it is to practice it. It is in the noticing chair where we notice all the things we miss when we are focusing on asking quality questions! If you’re trained as a...

Appointments – where do you begin?

Su writes: “When we do work around the discernment and appointments process, we look at a simple model to ensure that the focus is in the right place. It’s easy – very easy – to get caught up in the anxieties of what the next post might be:...