by Claire Pedrick | Oct 7, 2019 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: “Partnership is the area where I am doing most learning this year. There will be a whole chapter about it in the book (Simplifying Coaching [McGraw Hill] – coming out December 2020). In a one to one, the concept of partnership brings great...
by Claire Pedrick | Jun 7, 2019 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: “We know, rationally, that trying to talk well to two different people about two different things at the same time means that we don’t have either conversation well. The privilege I have of listening to people having conversations, is that I have...
by Claire Pedrick | Jan 18, 2019 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: “I was sharing with Nicky this morning how useful it is to think of a plane journey as a metaphor for a great conversation. And we know that there is always more to learn – as we discovered. We were imagining how frustrated we would be if...
by Claire Pedrick | Jan 11, 2019 | ICF C3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Claire writes: “We have learned that if we want to increase the likelihood of having transformational conversations – where someone knows something about their own stuff at the end they didn’t know at the beginning – then we must have boundaries....
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...