by Claire Pedrick | Aug 23, 2021 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
Ruth writes: “When I was little, I remember my Dad making me argue that black was white and white was black. I think he thought that it was an exercise in formulating an argument. I think it may have just blown my little brain! These days I still fight with the ideas... by Claire Pedrick | Jan 18, 2021 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
You can now listen to the weekly blog on iTunes through our podcast The Coaching Inn Claire writes: “We were debriefing a live coaching demonstration last week and talking about how many times we had landed the conversation. The thinker said we had finished and I... by Claire Pedrick | Nov 17, 2020 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
We are delighted that you can now pre-order Claire’s new book Simplifying Coaching from the independent retailer Bookshop.org. Comes out 7th December. Claire writes: “For this lockdown, we have formed a household with my brother. He knows this area well. We are... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 17, 2020 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
Claire writes: “The difference between a whimsical thought and an action is nailing it so that something happens. I love asking people what they are learning? A more effective question is to ask what difference the learning is making: “What’s different in your... by Claire Pedrick | Sep 6, 2019 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
Claire writes: “Open questions encourage people to talk. Closed questions can be answered by yes or no. The books say that in coaching we should be asking open questions. I totally agree with that… except when closed questions are better! If the person I am talking... by Claire Pedrick | Jun 25, 2018 | ICF 09 Designing Actions
Claire writes: ‘My year of fundraising taught me many lessons which will continue to emerge for some time. We raised about £4000 in the five days between the last walk and the deadline for the local paper… all because our journalist told me to let him know...
