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Why AI Will Not Replace Coaching in Government Organisations and ICT Projects
The enduring value of human insight in complex public sector environments. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant inroads across many sectors, revolutionising processes, boosting efficiency, and providing insights at scale. In government organisations, particularly within Information and Communications Technology (ICT) projects, AI’s potential to automate tasks and analyse vast datasets is undeniable.
Coaching with Integrity: Why Coaches Must Resist the Lure of Social Media Hype and Large Group Programmes
Reaffirming the True Purpose and Ethics of the Coaching Profession In recent years, the coaching industry has witnessed a surge in social media advertisements promoting large group coaching programmes, often accompanied by promises of rapid financial success.
Business Recovery
The challenges that the pandemic has brought into each and every one of our lives has been unprecedented. They’re difficulties that pay no mind to geography, class, gender or creed, I’d argue the impacts of the pandemic have been felt by every person on the planet in some form or another.
Business Coaching Through COVID
Put Your Oxygen Mask on First, to Build Your Business?
Coaching by Referral
It’s a common misperception that referrals only come from past customers. Undeniably they’re an important group, but to presuppose someone has to experience you before they refer others to you is simply wrong.
9 Accelerators to Building a Coaching Business on Referrals
9 Accelerators To Building A Business On Referrals & Warm Qualified Leads
The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship
Recognising 5 Signs of Entrepreneurial Anxiety
The Entrepreneurial Mindset
PART 1 OF AN EXCLUSIVE 6 PART SERIES
ICF Celebrates 20 Years
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the International Coach Federation’s Australasia Charter Chapter, and it is remarkable just how far the coaching profession has come. In 1999, coaching was a profession in its infancy, with few practitioners, no commonly accepted standards and a very limited e
Entrepreneur Mental Health
Strengthening the Mental Health of Business Owners
Humanity Reimagined
There is no question; the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring about significant change for almost every aspect of society.
Smart Culture
For the last 8 years, I have worked with over 50 different organisations and believe Smart Culture is foundational to developing great teams, families, and organizations. From the affluent streets of Sydney to the developing streets of Phnom Penh. From corporate biggies, small business, partner comp
A Technology Tsunami is Coming
With The First Waves Hitting The Coaching Industry Now
The Future of Coaching Technology
Like all other booming industries expected to significantly grow over the next decades, professional coaching is now integrating specific new technologies and innovations designed and developed to boost coaching businesses and take client relationship to a new level. There is a new concept in an “al
Coaching Opportunities in 2019
If you look round our cities and suburbs, you’ll have seen the new breed of worker. Hunched over a laptop in a café, lounging in a coworking space, riding along the pavement with someone’s lunch, or sitting alongside you on the train, work is being done very, very differently. And the opportunities
Growing a Coach Training Business
From Teacher to Life Coaching College Founder
Talent Duplication
Have visible accountability without having to do more reporting
A Strategic Plan for Extreme Disruption
"Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively." - Kano Jigoro – Jiu-Jitsu Martial Arts Master
Structure Creates Space
Structure creates space is a philosophy proffered by my partner when he harkens back to his rugby coaching days. I love rugby, go the All Blacks! Guess where I hail from? I don’t however, love structure.
Professional Speakers Australia
I love speaking! The privilege of standing on stage and sharing a leadership communication message 1:many… well, it’s the biggest stretch and the best move I made commercially to amplify my influence and bring about real, relevant change in the shortest timeframe.
Mindful Management and NLP
In Australia/New Zealand, employee engagement scores fall below worldwide engagement levels, despite employees rating satisfaction in their overall life higher than any other global region (Gallup, 2017).
Five Coaching Hacks
The challenge is finding the time and a fast track process to use, given how busy most leaders are with competing priorities pulling them in multiple directions. To accomplish more, leaders need to learnhow to hack their current approach to coaching with new ways of thinking and influencing that wil
Four Visual Models for Your Training
We know our clients are overloaded with a million different pieces of information daily, so how do we make sure that what we’re sharing in our trainings has a better chance of sticking? Information that your attendees can actually recall what you have shared and more importantly put it into practice
The Gold Standard in Coaching
As I write this article, we are only a few weeks out from the AGM on 7 September 2018, which signals the start of my year as President of ICF Australasia.
7 Aspects to Growing Your Business
Running an enterprise will put a lot of weight on your client’s shoulders. You are not there as a coach to lift that weight from them, but to help them build the self and business leadership muscles n...
Corporate Mentoring
The Business and Executive Coaching industry has long known the value of mentoring within an organisation. Executive Coaching often occurs at the C and SVP levels within larger organisations. What is
The Importance of Storytelling
When a baker was found to be short-shifting the locals, he’d be run out of town eventually; but not before suffering a slow decline in sales due to everyone talking about his sneaky ways.
Demonstrating Your Worth
The tricky part comes when you are pitching for new work, how do you prove that what you did with your last client made a difference, or worse still, with the end of the financial year approaching and...
Who Leads the Leaders
I’ve talked to enough C-level clients to know better. Sure, 6 or 7-figure salaries are great and wielding real decision-making power can be intoxicating, but those at the top rungs of corporations oft...
Leading by Example
When it comes to leadership, the biggest (and loudest) message I can send is to lead by example. If you are the business owner who ‘rips off’ your customers, then how can you be possibly shocked when
The Neuroscience of Teamwork
A coach fixated in believing that his message will equally resonate with each player will fail to create a cohesive team approach as individual’s differences are not being considered.
The Superman Syndrome
It is often accompanied by “My staff are just not motivated”, “I am so busy doing things - I have no time”.
Body Language for Coaches
Reading Your Clients for Better Results
Ten Tips for Total Image Management
To think that you can succeed without paying any attention to your image is, simply put, asking for trouble.
Coaching vs Consulting
I do this by telling them I’m a business coach who doesn’t believe business coaching works; how coaches who are proud they’re not consultants are setting up their clients, and their own business, for
ICF Global and Australasia Update
In June 2018 there are 34,615 members in more than 70 countries across the globe.
The Coaching App You Cannot Afford to Ignore
Late in 2017 we uncovered a real gem when CLM identified a Brisbane technology company that is flying under the radar, working on a new application specifically designed for Mentoring and Coaching.
Personal Branding for Legacy
To start with, coaches are people who give. They give to those they coach, and they give to the teams and communities they belong to. Coaches give their time, their expertise, their hard work and thei...
What is Culture
Human beings are hiving creatures, we take our social cues from those around us. So, if we want a shift in culture, within our teams, organisations, communities or industries, we must first look at ho...
The New Sales
From there I got an honours degree in business administration. In the first semester, I got 4 A’s as they were teaching me what I had learnt as a boy in my parent’s business.
Aligning Culture and Capability
True collaboration requires the right balance of people, skill and corporate power to achieve outcomes that are derived from both insight and then leveraged and scaled for application.
A Referral Plan That Works
We are told, do a great job with your clients and then ask them who they know who needs help with their challenges.
The Times They Are A'Changing
There is an evolution going on that is affecting the business world and how we lead and manage within it.
Diversities in Conversation
Whilst I am excited to see a growing recognition of what we do as a profession, the growth is also leading to a significant negative development in the space – there is a complete lack of diversity in...
Is AI the New Black in Diversity
Current HR topics in the boardroom range from mobile workforces, multiple generations with different values and ideas, as well as market share competition, productivity battles and technological advan...
Listening Across Cultures
The result was that a particular team from a regional office felt disrespected, frustrated and placed little value and trust in the discussion session.
Solve Your Profiling Dilemma
Perhaps you are an experienced coach or consultant and want to enhance your reputation by using the best coaching tools available, yet at a reasonable cost.
Three Steps to Business Coaching
There are plenty of business owners who need your help, you just need to show up in their world and let them know how you can help them.
Getting Shit Done
Meet Mi Goals, a Melbourne-based inspirational stationery brand, empowering people to set meaningful goals that they will stick to and achieve all year round.
As Seen on TV
I rang Discovery the next day to find out why it was broken. They said they ran their program, which was six hours, three times a day, giving a total of 18 hours of viewing. They had no desire to show...
What clients really want?
This makes it difficult for clients to understand your uniqueness – and consequently makes it difficult to choose a coach by any means other than by comparing coaching fees.
From Teacher to Profit Centre in 3 Steps
It’s a very hot topic in the media’s spotlight and it’s shaping up to be a key election issue. Unless we can arrest and reverse these worrying trends, we will continue to see a decline in the quality
Artificial Intelligence Coaching
Before deciding to build anything new I first decided to examine the current solutions on offer. Where they work and where they fall short.
WTF
Anger is an emotion which is could be argued emerges from violation of values within the gut brain. We have three brains – one in our heard, one in our heart and one in our gut, more later in this art...
Relevance is Viability
There is a seemingly endless trail of businesses whose journeys were cut short due to Leadership Myopia.
Coaching in the Corporate World
As companies strive to become more innovative and proactive rather than reactive, the coaching model is becoming more common-place in the corporate world.
The Power of Coaching
It’s no wonder we get asked for book recommendations so often.
How to Be Professional
There are numerous steps and online tools which can assist you in establishing a professional tone from the first few moments with a potential client.
Get Your A.S.S.S. Going
It’s almost time for the New Year! Can you believe it! Ok – now is the time to get honest with yourself.
The New Coaching App Changing How Coaches Deliver Results
According to Deloitte, Australia is one of the leading countries in smartphone addiction. Estimated to be on our phones twice every hour and up to 110 times a day -- our addiction even ranks ahead of
Are You a Social Coach? Social Media Strategy That Actually Works
Many of us use Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter as part of our everyday life.
SEO Revealed
To the untrained eye, the world of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can be a minefield of acronyms and snake oil salesmen Having worked in the industry for the past 15 years, I have seen and done most
Coaching in Leadership
Over 15 years ago, HBR published Daniel Goleman’s seminal article Leadership that Gets Results.1 The essence of his argument is:
Your 7-Figure Coaching Business Blueprint for 2017
Read this article if you want to know the truth behind what it takes to run a 7 Figure Coaching Business, not, the fluff, but the whole-hearted truth!
Increasing Your Coaching Impact by Integrating Training
They also want their leaders to listen and ask questions instead of directing, guiding, fixing them.
Advocate Marketing
On average, I get 4 referrals a week. Over 50% of my referrals come from this marketing strategy.
Speaking Income for Coaches
I WAS ORIGINALLY DRAWN TO THE CRAFT BECAUSE I COULD LEARN BOTH FROM A SPEAKER’S TECHNIQUE AND FROM THEIR CONTENT. OVER TIME, I LEARNT MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF SPEAKING THAT COULD GENERATE SERIO
Coaching Men vs Women
As a coach, should we align with the theory of being Politically Correct and treat each other as one and the same? Or should we expand our own personal development ensuring that we are well versed wit
Women in Leadership Coaching and Organisational Change
Article by Sonia McDonald. Full content pending — source document unavailable.
Personal Branding, Gender and Coaching Business Success
It has long been suggested that men and women have different brains, but a recent study of over 1,400 brain scans reveal there really isn’t such a thing as a distinctly male or female brain. In fact,
The Hidden Value of Adversity for Entrepreneurs
Article by Jack Delosa. Full content pending — source document unavailable.
Coaching for Culture and Resilience in Organisations
Coaching for improved organisational culture requires a unique synthesis of coaching and facilitation skills where the coach becomes the holder of the group energy, facilitating a journey from what is
Building Business Resilience Through Adversity
Article by Michael Cooper. Full content pending — source document unavailable.
Grant O'Sullivan on Building Engaged High-Performance Teams
It has long been the case that great school teachers have been more facilitators of student learning than just fountains of knowledge who simply spray their …
The Psychology of Engagement in Sport and Business
Do you remember that first moment when you discovered this whole concept of coaching or personal development? I do! I was sitting in a hotel room watching an…
Shannah Kennedy on Life Coaching and Genuine Engagement
I have now been coaching for 15 years but my background includes stockbroking in my early 20s. At the time, I didn’t see enough scope for women in the indust…
Margot Smith on Engaging Leaders to Coach Their Teams
For 75 years The Australian Institute of Management (AIM) has been helping people become managers, and managers become great leaders. As the peak body for ma…
Phil Morgan on Building a Coaching Culture That Sticks
Professor Philip Morgan of the University of Newcastle shares an innovative program designed to involve Dads in increasing their daughters’ sport skills, phy…
Digital Culture: Sia Shamsai on Business Coaching Online
To the untrained eye, the world of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can be a minefield of acronyms and snake oil salesmen Having worked in the industry for t…
Life Coaching Culture: Mark Bowness on Authentic Coaching
Here I was, at the age of 26 years old, sitting in front of a computer with empty cans of beer littered around me, having googled “quickest and painless way …
The Speaking Coach
I WAS ORIGINALLY DRAWN TO THE CRAFT BECAUSE I COULD LEARN BOTH FROM A SPEAKER’S TECHNIQUE AND FROM THEIR CONTENT. OVER TIME, I LEARNT MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS…
The Greatest Marketing Strategy in the World
On average, I get 4 referrals a week. Over 50% of my referrals come from this marketing strategy.
Culture as the Coach's Most Powerful Tool
In 1986, I won third place in Toastmasters World Championship of public speaking and was named as one of five Young Australians of the Year. When these event…
Leadership Culture: David Angel on Coaching for the Future
For an aspiring Coach (essentially a small business owner) Social Media is actually a convenient, practical and essential tool that you can utilise to ensure…
Domain
There are numerous steps and online tools which can assist you in establishing a professional tone from the first few moments with a potential client.
Prepare to Flex Your Style
15 years of coaching in the Asia Pacific region and 18 years before this in corporate roles with a global company has given me the opportunity to experience …
Profitable Coaching Goals: Building a Business That Lasts
Several years ago, I sat down with Ken Lowe over a beer to ask what goals he’d set to create one of Australia’s most successful ongoing IT companies, ASI Sol…
So why don’t we?
What is an Intrepreneur for heaven’s sake? Intrepreneurs are entrepreneurs working inside an organisation. We all work inside our own organisation or the org…
What does it mean to Recalculate?
We start out with all the enthusiasm in the world before the first in a string of disappointments. Someone tells us we are crazy to think we could reach a go…
LISTS OF GOALS, LIKE CRASH DIETS, DON’T WORK.
How to embed new habits, optimise performance and re-wire your brain for profit and fun.
How to Hit the Target That You Want
As a leader, coach, manager or business owner, you would already know the importance of goal setting. Surround yourself with any successful person and they'l…
Goal-Setting Momentum
Several years ago, I was living a very different life than the one I do today. In fact, for 10 years of my life I was living what’s best described as well on…
The Business Coaching Goal That Changes Everything
As we move farther away from the malaise of Christmas and New Year, I am reminded about the futility of choosing a date that marks the end of one year and th…
Identify a news angle
The messages I receive from small business owners usually start the same - “I’ve tried to contact a whole lot of newspapers giving them this great story, but…
Cut Through the Noise: Marketing Your Coaching Online
As a coach with an internet connection, it’s impossible to miss the potential opportunity of utilising the web to expand your practice. And as a successful …
Future Focus: 3 Tips to Make 2016 Your Best Year
As 2015 comes to a close and many of our clients start to wind down to a well-earned break, it’s time that we focus our energy into creating the business tha…
Five Pillars to Build a Profitable Coaching Business
So you have become a coach. You even have a certificate that proves you are one… ta da! You know lots of neat stuff about your chosen field and you’re really…
What Does Your Board Focus On? Avoiding Corporate Drift
Director Di Percy reveals the most common traps that cause boards and leadership teams to lose strategic focus — and how coaches can help organisations stay on course.
15 Tips for Finishing Each Day Right and Staying Focused
Ever noticed how some people always seem to start each day fresh, energised and organised? Why is this so? Perhaps the way they finish off the day before is …
What Small Business Coaches Really Need to Focus On
With a background in marketing and a desire to narrow the focus of his business, Robert drew on the distinct commonalities of his favourite clients and secur…
The knowledge trap
You have just landed yourself a bright, shiny new client. What next?
Clarify your passion
Identify Your Niche
Coaching the Boss
And the Boss's Boss
The Authentic Business Coach: A Philosophical Reflection
Anyone can be a business or life coach nowadays as there are very few, if any, enforced regulatory guidelines to practice here in Australia.
Starting a Coaching Service Inside an Organisation
An organisation is, in some ways, a collection of people who have adopted a certain mindset about how work happens and how business relationships need to occur.
Coaching Benefits
In most sporting environments, it is accepted and expected that if you want to be the best you can be, you will use a coach. Often that coach comes attached to the team or the club to which you belong.
Coaching Through COVID
Recently Bill Gates said that the one question he didn’t ask himself when he was with Microsoft, but one he asks himself now is “How are my business relationships? Are they growing and how am I nurturing them?” But even now, he still hasn’t got it right.
Walking the Walk: Why Successful Coaches Must Practice What They Preach
Credibility is the #1 currency of a successful coaching practice. After 25 years as a career coach, Grant Cooper shares the best practices that ensure a profitable and rewarding coaching business.