Richard Rohr - Manhood principles

Finding a valid manhood today is not an easy task. We live in a time where men have been forced to reevaluate their roles and in the process of often lost their way. Rohr has developed 5 principles of initiation that men need to realise if they are to really discover their true selves. Like […]

Career Anchor - Summary

The concept of a career anchor is developed by Schein. He ascertains that there are several layers that form one’s career. Satisfaction is a complex relationship between skills, values, motives and needs. The forming of these perceptions is a process that can require up to a decade of work experience (Schein p.17). People will be […]

Life Coaching - Future Directions

In human development childhood implies a dependence on others for all of the child’s needs. It cannot exist without the support of others and requires a healthy adult perspective to allow the child to gain a correct understanding of its world. Correct childhood development is also seen as vital for the future health of the […]

A look at the future of life coaching

As a relatively new process there is currently little in place to determine the skills required to be a coach. Coaching communities will move towards regulation, registration and systematic organisation. Such changes have come to, for instance, career counselling, psychotherapy, osteopathy and nutritionist-dieticians. In order to establish a recognized profession with secure fee scales, this […]

What are the factors influencing the growth of life coaching?

A rapidly evolving business environment. Targeted development interventions have become popular in helping individuals adjust to workplace changes. The changing face of work is well documented and may traditional support mechanisms are no longer in place. The change in our economy of being predominatealy production based to the provision of services has changed the nature […]

A very short history of Life Coaching

Life Coaching originated as an industry in the United States approximately fifteen years ago (LCI). The Sydney Morning Herald (2000) reported that Personal Coaching was ranked as the second fastest growth industry in the US, after Information Technology. This growth has continued up to the present time although the inital hubris surrounding it has […]

Mentoring - its never too early

Its never too early to begin having a mentor. Each week I go to a local primary school where I mentor a young person. It is a very simple process that involves a one hour commitment from myself each school week. One hour, one day each week has been shown to make a huge difference […]

John Gray - Men are from Mars & women are from Venus

Billing himself as the best selling author of all time with sales of 30 million (http://www.marsvenus.com/degreeinfo.php) John Gray’s Mars/Venus brand is internationally recognised. He is included in this review of the super coaches because of his development of the Mars/Venus coaching franchise that is based on is best selling books. His website claims accreditation through […]

Key coaching questions - that empower the individual

I have been involved in coaching/mentoring people for over 15 years. My longetivity in this reflects my concern for poeple and a desire to improve their situation. When I first began my model was a problem centred model. I used to ask questions like:

What did you do wrong in this situation?
This action or thought pattern […]

Weak and Strong questions

All of us have an internal dialogue that continues throughout our day. In it we ask ourselves questions. The following questions are some examples of strong and weak questions that we can ask ourselves in this self talk.
Nearing the end of the workday

Weak: Have I done enough that I can justify quitting for the […]

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