Rebi writes “The appointment started with ‘we want this to be a parent led process’… brilliant I thought. I’m on board with that, as my 11 month old sat on my lap for his development review. However what followed was a series of yes/no questions. As I...
Claire writes: “I’ve always joked that in facilitation, the power is in the pen. You are the one who gets to write on the flipchart. In dialogue, who is taking the notes? If it’s you, what power is that giving you? Notes help you listen better? Maybe! And The...
Claire writes: “I have just had a one to one improv lesson with Heather Urquart. She’s in the cast of Showstopper The Musical. Improv is a great way to learn about being human. For me, it’s terrifying and fun in equal measure. Twice, we were doing scenes where we...
Claire writes: “When I was briefly a Maths teacher, we used to differentiate between theHighest Common Factor (the largest number which is shared by two numbers)Lowest Common Denominator (the smallest number that can be divided by all the numbers below the line in a...
Claire writes: “When I started my sabbatical at the end of July last year, I was in the middle of coaching two different people who were in the middle of change. We’d been meeting reasonably often so a 10 week gap felt to them like a big space. In our July sessions,...
Claire writes: “I often write about using time checks to manage the conversation and to make sure that we do what we need to do so that the person we are talking with feels heard – and gets new insights into their own stuff. There’s a bit of an art in...
