28th April 2019 will signal the start of a week of celebrations across the UAE and globally for the 20th Anniversary of International Coaching Week (ICW), an initiative driven by the International Coach Federation (ICF). ICW was first created in 1999 and the aim has always been to educate individuals and organisations on the benefits of working […]
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Introducing our International Coaching Week 2019 event
29th April 2019 will signal the start of a week of global celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of International Coaching Week (ICW), an initiative driven by the International Coach Federation (ICF).* ICW was first created in 1999 and the aim has always been to educate individuals and organisations on the benefits of working with a professional […]
Handling Clients with New Year’s Resolutions
Dear coaches, During this week, more new decisions to think, act and be different will be made than at any other time of the year. And what will most of these decisions come to? Nothing. As coaches, we probably have experienced a client (or potential client) who is enthusiastic about making a difference in the […]
Getting out of the Problems and Drama and standing on the summit of Vision: Levels of Attention
Thank you for reading our coaching tools blog series over the past few weeks, where I have introduced you to some of the main coaching tools that we teach our students on the NPCA Certificate in Professional Coaching. I hope you have enjoyed reading about the different processes and tools that you have been learning […]
Understanding what drives Action and Impact: The North Point Meta-Model (NPM)
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed our last blog where the focus was on Process Tools and the Conversational Model. This week, I am going to introduce you to the core NPCA model, on which all of our tools and models are based. The North Point Meta-model, or as we affectionately call it the NPM, […]
Keeping the conversation moving forward: Process Tools and the Conversational Model
In last week’s post on Content vs Process, I discussed the distinction between the coachee being responsible for the content of the coaching conversation, while the coach holds the process ultimately co-partnering with their coachee towards the achievement of their goals. Conversations lie at the very core of what coaches do in order to move […]
The Fundamental Coaching Distinction: Content vs Process
Last week, Matt introduced us to the topic of conversational tools within coaching, in his post Spanners and Screwdrivers, and I will be spending the next four weeks, delving into four different conversational tools we explore with our NPCA students. Today we start by looking at one of the fundamental distinctions of coaching. The question […]
Spanners and Screwdrivers: The Tools of Coaching
Plumbers have tools. Electricians have their tools. When these are used well they help both the plumber (or electrician) and the person for whom they are plumbing. Coaches also have tools and when we use these well they become the means by which coaches and their clients work towards having the client gain new abilities […]
Being a Student of Myself
In the NPCA Certificate in Professional Coaching, one of the qualities of good coach is described as, “Being a student of yourself.” I recently had the pleasure of meeting with two friends, each of whom had their two-year-old child with them. Not being a parent (yet), it’s seldom that I’m in that kind of environment. As […]
Week 4 of 4: Top 10 Questions About Becoming an NPCA Coach
We’ve arrived at our final week of the NPCA Certificate in Professional Coaching accreditation celebrations. Thanks for being with us on this journey. In the weeks gone, we’ve already looked at the Why, What and How of becoming a credentialed coach. Today we answer, “What if…?” Over the past four weeks, Sarah & I have […]