Category: Coaching

  • What will keep you safe?

    Tweet That might appear to be an odd question, but it is an incredibly important one. I have been spending precious time of late working with some people in a small and very special drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, learning a great deal. It is not a closed unit and the clients could walk out […]

  • What Do You Want? – a very good coaching question

    Tweet ‘What do you want?”  sounds somewhat materialistic – new shoes and car, live in a better area, more money… But it need not be, in fact it can be the question that gets you or one of your clients back on their real track, the track where they are fully in touch with themselves […]

  • What Will Your Perfect Business be Like?

    Tweet Or, if you are not in business, try substituting ‘life’ or ‘career’ or whatever other important life activity is uppermost in your mind and it’s still a very useful question. It is Gerard Jakimavicius’ coaching question in Good Question! and it’s a very helpful one because it points to the importance of having a […]

  • Good Questions for Coaches

    Tweet If anyone has ever asked you a question that has helped you to stop, take stock and do some fresh thinking then you know the value of good questions. Us coaches know that they are essential, as do counsellors, therapists, managers, parents, friends and just about everybody, really. Some of my very favourite ones […]

  • Are You in a place of ‘I Can’ or ‘I Can’t’?

    Tweet This is Sanjay Shah’s question in my book Good Question! The Art of Asking Questions to Bring About Positive Change, which is full of good questions for coaches and for anyone who wants to improve life at home, at work or in business. Faced with the English Channel on a grey day, any day […]

  • What’s the difference between a job and having your own business?

    Tweet After many years of self employment I’ve got a part time job as well as running my own business and I am enjoying it, even though it’s quite tough work with recovering addicts. All my coaching skills come into play, but in a framework set up by someone else. Though I love the freedom […]

  • What is the big deal about questions? And 5 good reasons for asking questions.

    Tweet After all, we are told that we live in an information age and that if only we can package it up nicely and reach the many we can make our fortunes by sharing our individual, unique knowledge with the world. And questions are the antithesis of information aren’t they? They reveal we don’t know […]

  • How to make a good decision

    Tweet In this century many of us are faced with more decision-making than in any time in history. Just choosing what to have for dinner can be a big decision with the whole of world cuisine to consider along with the tastes and dietary needs of each diner! Staying or not staying is much more […]

  • Being a whole person

    Like it or not, we bring a whole host of aspects of ourself into life situations, even ones as far removed from primeval life in the forest as they can possibly be.

  • A VERY SPECIAL SPECIAL OFFER

    Tweet Do you want more well being and higher energy levels? Update and discover supportive eating habits and good  choices for achieving this – without punishing yourself. I teach people about healthy food, including raw vegetarian food, but since I am a coach and not a dictator this is about learning and making changes that […]