by Ben Ross | Feb 16, 2018 | Startup Needs
When someone is starting out, knowing nothing, how could advice ever be anything but a good thing? When people ask me what the point of coaching is, I inevitably come back to this question. Coaching differs from mentoring in that a coach hasn’t done the job of...
by Ben Ross | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was first being taught to coach, on the BBC’s highly respected Coach Foundation Course, there was a long running debate between the tutors as to what the most important part of coaching was: Questions or Goals. Other answers are, of course, available....
by Ben Ross | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
In a world that holds up entrepreneurs and startups as role models for how companies can flourish, the role of the ‘team effort’ seems out of favour. Even in the rise of the mega-internet companies, we tend to act as if the Mark Zuckerbergs of this world create all...
by Ben Ross | Jan 5, 2018 | Goals
As coaches, we think Goals are very important. In fact, many in the coaching community think that getting goals right is the single most important part of a coaching session, and therefore to delivering success. Often the arrival of a new year is a great time to...
by Ben Ross | Dec 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Some people consider coaching as not really part of work. Like training, networking or filling in your expenses they avoid doing it when there’s ‘proper work’ to do. It’s such an ingrained feeling that this has often permeated the culture of large...
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