by Claire Pedrick | Dec 10, 2018 | ICF C4 Cultivates Trust & Safety, ICF C5 Maintains Presence
This week’s blog comes from our friend Val Hastings. He and Claire co-hosted some webinars about challenge and radical candour. There was lots of learning and this is some (longer than usual and useful!) Val writes: “On a recent training call with coaches, we... by Claire Pedrick | Dec 3, 2018 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence
As Stuart and Claire are preparing Neither From nor Towards – a day on coaching presence some of their inspiration is coming from blogs like: Heather Plett on holding space The On Being Project on the gift of presence and the perils of giving advice And Stuart... by Claire Pedrick | Oct 12, 2018 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: ‘If we want to have a different kind of conversation sometimes we need to use different language. I think that’s because we learn how to respond without fully listening. For example many managers say ‘Do you want to explore... by Claire Pedrick | Sep 13, 2018 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: “Holding space, or presence, is one of the greatest gifts of leadership – and an essential in coaching. TS Eliot describes it as ‘At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 27, 2018 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: “Attentiveness or presence is one of the most significant parts of the way we work. And to borrow from TS Eliot who says ‘Teach us to care and to not care. Teach us to sit still’, we are learning to be attentive and to not be... by Claire Pedrick | Jul 16, 2018 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence
Claire writes: “Some of the greatest questions I have heard are one or two words (which came directly from the thinker) asked with a question mark lilt. Sadly they are unusable in any other conversation. And yet they transform everything. Tone matters!...