Coaching

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In this post we look at the concept of ‘following your bliss’: listening to your heart, your truth and trusting the deep impulse within you to live a life that truly makes you feel alive.

In this post, Damion Wonfor explores two core concepts from the Person-Centred Approach, a psychological modality developed by Carl Rogers and a key influence on the development of coaching in business.

Vanessa Rogers interviews Catalyst 14 Founder Damion Wonfor about his experience of coaching.

In this post, we share a comprehensive set of coaching statistics — facts, figures, and infographics that demonstrate the value and power of coaching.

In this post, Paul Golding takes us on a search to find the key ingredients for coaching chemistry.

Vanessa Rogers interviews Catalyst 14 Founder Damion Wonfor about his experience of coaching.

In this post, Nisheeta Shah explores the power of stories in the coaching relationship.

Vanessa Rogers continues her series of interviews with Catalyst 14 Partners, this time asking Boaz Safier about his experience of coaching and his approach to it.

Janey Bell discusses how Byron Katie’s inquiry method can help coaches create clarity about beliefs and assumptions.

In the first in a series of interviews with Catalyst 14 partners about their views and experiences of coaching, Vanessa Rogers interviews Janey Bell.

In this blog post, we explore what happens when a coachee poses the question “Is this therapy?”

In this post we explore the power and place of rules in coaching, and how breaking them the right way can unlock potential.

In this post, we explain the value of listening in coaching and how doing this right can bring about significant change for a coachee.

We explore why giving advice may have become a hardwired conversational habit — and what we can do to shift from “doing” to “being” in a coaching conversation.

In this post Vanessa Rogers shares some common themes that emerged from a series of interviews with past participants on their experience of training with Catalyst 14.

A look at how Ai — Appreciative Inquiry, not Artificial Intelligence! — can be transformative in coaching conversations.

An exploration of how the ‘I’m OK, You’re OK’ approach can help in difficult coaching contexts.

More and more, our coaching clients come to us in a state of overwhelm. In this post, we explain our approach to supporting them.

Misunderstandings and disconnections, known as “ruptures,” are almost inevitable in coaching. In this post we discuss how they can be used to enhance the coaching relationship.

In this post we discuss how coaches can avoid the negative impact of dual relationships.

In this post, we highlight how professional coaches can evaluate and improve their coaching practice over time.

In this post, we discuss the concept of burnout and explore the key ways that you can avoid it.

Many are familiar with the “fight, flight and freeze” reactive patterns, but there’s also the “fawn” response to consider. In this post, we shed light on its origins and implications.

In this post we discuss how the Japanese concept of Kaizen can support and improve your coaching work.

As summer arrives, we share a number of our favourite CPD resources that we have created over the past few months. These aim to resource and support you within your coaching practice.

In this post we revisit coaching fundamentals and look at why coaching practice can be as important as coaching knowledge.

In this post, we explore how a sense of wonder can help invite new thinking and new ideas.

In this post we share a list of our favourite CPD resources that we’ve produced recently — and help support your coaching work in 2024.

In this post we discuss how embracing impermanence can lead to coaches developing greater resilience and peace of mind.

In this post, we explore how the change paradox could be a helpful concept for executive coaches to help unlock change.

In this post we look at the use of music in coaching. Can it help develop coaching conversations and improve the coaching relationship?

In this post, we share some some thoughts on how the psychology of imperfection — Wabi-Sabi can enhance our coaching practice.

We dive into 7 ways that drawing and visuals can support coaches in their work.

In this post, we explore the online disinhibition effect and how it affects the coaching relationship.

We share resources to celebrate International Coaching Week 2023 and support your development as a coach.

We share 10 characteristics of an impactful leader as coach – one who will inspire and guide their team members towards achieving their goals.

In this post, we outline the components of a great coaching relationship.

In this post, we discuss how the change in communication patterns from serial monologues to real dialogue is beneficial for everyone.

In this post, we look at how you can use an awareness of ‘reactive tendencies’ to handle difficult conversations successfully.

Take a look at all the Continuing Professional Development opportunities available from Catalyst 14 in 2023.

To help you to pause and reset, we will be providing a free guided online mindfulness practice every Monday.

In this post we discuss the positive impact that practising an attitude of gratitude can bring to your coaching — and to your life as a coach.

In this post Monica Ross explores the beginnings, middles and endings of a coaching journey.

We share our latest CPD resources that are designed to help you develop as a coach.

In this post we explore the ‘aha’ moments that a traditional Japanese concept, ‘Ma,’ can provide in coaching.

In this post we share some resources to provide you with CPD opportunities over the summer and during the year ahead.

In this post we discuss our use of transformational coaching – working with a client in a way that moves beyond the surface of the presenting topic.

In this post we discuss how note-taking can affect a coaching session.

Access the recent masterclass on Leader Performance Coaching with Myles Downey to celebrate the 5th birthday of Catalyst 14.

In this post we share some videos, blog posts and mindfulness sessions to support coaches through the difficult start to 2022.

Welcome to our winter coaching walk, the next in our series of blog posts about using the natural seasonal shifts as prompts for our thinking.

To help you to pause and reset, we will be providing a free guided online mindfulness practice every Monday.

In this blog post we look at how creative methods can be successfully introduced into a coaching session.

In this post we look at what happens when emotions arise within the coaching session – and how to manage them.

Juliet Flynn invites you to kick through some leaves with her and wander and wonder, in search of Autumnal prompts for self-coaching.

In this post, we discuss how you can identify and deal with situations where the boundaries between coaching and therapy start to overlap.

Some useful CPD resources for coaches to prepare you for the coming Autumn months.

Following a successful 2021 Catalyst 14 Gathering event, we share some of the key learning points from each of the sessions delivered.

The intention of this post — the third in a three part series about internal coaching — is to support our clients with establishing, maintaining and evolving a successful internal coaching provision.

A look at the benefits that ‘clean language’ can bring to the coaching relationship.

The second part in a series of posts on how to create a strong internal coaching provision.

Insights on how we can realise when our inner critic is at work — and ways to use this to our advantage.

Time outdoors steadies, stills and resources us in our work. In this post, we explain why.

Reflective writing can provide us with a consistent anchor, a grounding and a rich resource to help us navigate difficulties and be with ‘what is.’

This blog post — the first of three on the topic — will explore the five key ingredients to consider when setting up internal coaching programmes.

One of the impacts that Covid-19 is having is that we all need to operate in an uncertain environment. In this post, Paul Golding looks at ways to be successful in it.

To further your CPD, we’d like to share some recordings of our recent webinars with you.

In this post, we highlight some simple preparatory elements that can support impactful coaching programmes.

As the early months of 2021 bring another lockdown, we will again be offering free mindfulness sessions throughout it — to help you find a regular space to support your self care.

In this blog post, we consider the impact on the coaching space that ‘compassionate listening’ can create.

At the end of 2020, you may be pausing and considering how you will ‘sharpen your saw’ next year. To support you and our Alumni, we want to share some resources and options for your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with us in 2021.

In this post we explore the key questions you need to answer before committing to internal coaching.

“Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true.” — Joseph Goldstein As England moves […]

A blog post containing some useful free CPD resources on coaching supervision and reflective writing.

In view of our own and clients’ current contexts, we want to offer you a free grounding exercise to support you being present in how you are showing up in your work and life.

In this post, Fi Macmillan outlines some key benefits of systemic coaching in nature.

To support you during the current crisis, we’re pleased to extend our free mindfulness sessions in June 2020.

In this post, we explore the impact on organisations of failed transitions; what makes the transition to a senior leadership position particularly challenging; and why and how coaching (and specifically group coaching), could be valuable.

As lockdown continues, and the psychological impacts of isolation and staying at home start to be felt by us all, we want to continue to support your personal wellbeing.

Monica Ross explores what it means to work in a more embodied way as a coach and discusses how one might begin to support clients through greater use of self as instrument.

In these challenging times, we want to provide additional support to you by offering a series of free mindfulness group sessions.

Ruth Simpson asks an important question in the context of the COVID-19 crisis: where does the need for resilience end and the need to adapt begin?

Research consistently shows that we are heavily influenced in ways that are completely hidden from our conscious mind in how we view and evaluate both others and ourselves. How does ‘unconscious bias’ this affect coaching?

Based on our experiences as coach trainers, along with real-life experiences from coaches that we have trained, we’ll explore how you can unlearn, and then relearn, being directive in a coaching conversation.

In this blog post, Martin Turner — a past participant of our Diploma in Transformational Coaching course — outlines some of his experiences of studying with Catalyst 14.

Damion Wonfor and Monica Ross discuss the personal and professional benefits of attending a retreat.

In this blog post, we highlight the many benefits of coaching outdoors and discuss how it can bring about sustainable change.

This time of year and the season of winter symbolically provide us with an opportunity to take an important pause, a time for personal contemplation and reflection, a chance to go within and dwell in some silent introspection. In this post we share a useful guided exercise with you to help you reflect on where you’ve been and where you want to go.

This blog post aims to enhance your current knowledge on presence in coaching by sharing some research on the topic. In addition, it aims to provide you with some development strategies to enhance your current coaching practice.