Learn to Teach, Teach to Learn

I had 'coaching fatigue'. I was feeling disillusioned. It seems as if everyone and anyone calls themselves a coach these days. Sports coach, business coach, managers, trainers, consultants, counsellors, psychologists, etc. And then at a coaching conference last week, I had the privilege to hear Vikki Brock ( www.vikkibrock.com ) talk about her research on the history of coaching. She gave insight about how coaching developed through a combination of different disciplines and practices, in different countries, gradually evolving to meet a need in the marketplace. It is a testament to how prevalent that need was, that coaching has risen to become such a widely-used term in our vocabulary in such a short space of time. Something Vikki said, reminded me of what brought me to coaching in the first place: "Coaching is not a set of skills and tools. It's a social phenomenon for the twenty first century and a catalyst to the next stage of human development." Imagine a pl...

I love teaching people how to be change managers...

A Young Mother pregnant with her Second Baby gave me an unexpected compliment today: "I really admire you, being a Mother of Three." She asked, "How do you do it?" I paused for a moment, and then replied thoughtfully, "One at a time." "That's a good way of looking at it!" She said, and we both had to laugh ...

I've been doing research on how the brain works and I came across this brilliant website. It is a visual dictionary and thesaurus. You type in a word and it creates a picture of words a little bit like a moving mind map, similar to a neural network. inspire children to learn new words an online dictionary  that makes you think stimulates creativity for writers and artists Don't take my word for it - check it out for yourself! www.visuwords.com

Inspiring words! Of value to men, as well as women. Elisabeth Gilbert wrote "Eat, Pray, Love" (which I didn't even want to read, but now I just might...) Elizabeth Gilbert at ICAN's 2011 Women's Leadership Confere