by Claire Pedrick | Feb 8, 2018 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements, ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: “I’m just beginning to realise that the questions we ask to open conversations could be perceived as suggestible: What would you like to think about (… because I’m assuming we will be thinking as well as talking…) What... by Claire Pedrick | Dec 4, 2017 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements, ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: “‘Simplicity is not a simple thing’ said Charlie Chaplin. At 3D, it is a journey for us to continue to simplify what we are learning and what we share. What we are learning is this: If I bring too much to a conversation – in... by Claire Pedrick | Oct 6, 2017 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements, ICF C4 Cultivates Trust & Safety
Claire writes: “Coddiwomple, Sam tells me, means to travel purposefully towards a vague destination. I love that – because like others I am often unclear where I want to head when I am being coached. And, indeed, our business plan is more about direction... by Claire Pedrick | Oct 2, 2017 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: I think it’s a Swahili proverb that says ‘time the time before the time times you’. As a teacher in a rural Kenyan secondary school, it was a mantra of some of my students. When we are training, we often hear people say that mentioning... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 31, 2017 | ICF C1 Demonstrates Ethical Practice, ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: “The number one reason that people don’t apply what they are learning about coaching into every conversations at work is that they think it sounds weird to say: ‘Can I coach you?’. It probably does – and it sounds like... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 10, 2017 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements, ICF C6 Listens Actively
Claire writes: ‘”Don’t interrupt”. Spoken or implied, that’s a message most of us had wired into us as children. So when we are in a conversation where we are thinking “what is it we are can usefully do here”, we don’t...