Your Total Coach

We are still taking booking for the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring Qualification. This is a postgraduate-level course delivered over four modules:  

2012 dates: March 20-21, May 9-10, June 19-20 and July 11
 

I believe awareness and responsibility lie at the heart of coaching. The process of coaching essentially hinges upon raising awareness within the client. Awareness leads to responsibility. The definition of responsibility here is not the responsibility of managing a team of thirty or accountability for a large budget. It is response-ability. The ability to respond - to have choices and the choice to make those choices.

Effective coaching requires a safe environment within which the client can explore, reflect and become more aware. The client who is un-aware does not have such power of choice.

By raising awareness in this way, the client becomes more aware of the contrast between the two.

If you would like to read more about awareness and responsibility in coaching, my book 'Your Total Coach - 50 ideas for Inspiring Personal and Professional Growth' can be found on Amazon, ISBN: 978-1-906821-59-3

A Happy New Year to one and all. As we move through January this can become a time to review, reflect and make plans for the coming months. We here at Your Total Coach have been doing just that and we have an exciting range of programmes to offer you in 2011. To find out more please contact us at info@yourtotalcoach.co.uk 

Recent research shows the top priorities for the HR function for this year will be "managing change and cultural transformation" (50 per cent) "employee engagement" (41 per cent) and "improving performance management and reward" (38 per cent), according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's HR Outlook survey of 2,266 HR professionals, including 319 of the profession's most senior practitioners. To find out about our organisational change programmes and consultancy services please contact us at info@yourtotalcoach.co.uk

Best wishes for 2011

Keith Nelson

Managing Director

The impetus to introduce coaching as part of the organisation’s culture invariably comes from key people at the upper levels of the business who champion the idea. This is typically the HR director, who can visualise its potential for the organisation, possible with the support of the CEO and other directors who might have received coaching first-hand and can vouch for its benefits.