by Claire Pedrick | Jul 28, 2022 | ICF C6 Listens Actively, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “Over the UK Platinum Jubilee weekend, the media was full of interviews about the Queen’s 70 year reign. Former Prime Minister John Major was asked: Is she a good listener? He responded that it wasn’t the listening that was useful – it was the...
by Guest | Feb 21, 2022 | ICF Coaching Competencies
We have a guest blogger this week. Lis Whybrow has just finished Transforming Conversations. Lis writes: “I was out in Birmingham today visiting old haunts and came across these two seats. It struck me powerfully all that I’d been learning this past 6...
by Claire Pedrick | Feb 14, 2022 | ICF C5 Maintains Presence, ICF C7 Evokes Awareness, ICF Coaching Competencies
Claire writes: “There was a conversation on Twitter this week about whether to take notes in coaching conversations. This is a controversial topic. I ask myself what are notes for? Lots of disciplines take notes – the therapist, the doctor, the financial...
by Claire Pedrick | Jun 28, 2021 | ICF C6 Listens Actively
Claire writes: “Most listening books talk about the value of mirroring – reflecting back what people told you. Too much of that can end up slowing down the conversation and it can look like you’re going to do something with what they are saying… whereas coaching...
by Claire Pedrick | Jan 7, 2020 | ICF C6 Listens Actively
Claire writes: “Thanks to Stuart Reid for sharing this short video from BBC Hardtalk. It is an interview with Alan Rickman about acting and listening. You only speak because you wish to respond to something you’ve heard… What you have to say is completely...
