Welcome to a coaching approach that is completely designed around you. One to one coaching for you as an individual. Coach training and supervision for professional and workplace coaches.
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Keith Nelson has been providing 1:1 coaching and coach training since he qualified as a coach in the 1990s. The coaching approach is based upon values which, to this day, run through the heart of the business:
Keith Nelson’s values underpin all his work:
Values:
Sustainable growth: Raising performance, which is sustainable for the individual, organisation and our world
Service: Listening, responding and enabling for clients to develop more effective choices and outcomes
Integrity: Working from an encouraging positions of ethical responsibility
Innovation: Seeking to continuously improve services
Life: Enabling individuals and organisations to achieve their outcomes, in the context of Global Integrity
There is always another way
Keith’s book on coaching – Your total coach: 50 ideas for inspiring personal and professional growth – was published in 2010 to act as a guide alongside his coach training programmes. It describes the coach’s journey in three stages:
Each stage marks the development of the coach’s journey, from relative newcomer to skilful practitioner. The book is out of print now, although a few copies remain available. Indeed, complimentary copies will be given to delegates attending Keith’s Advanced Coaching Programme, leading to the ILM Level 7 Certificate for executive and senior level coaches and mentors, starting November 2019. For details of this programme, email Keith.
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I was in Waterstones in London today and came across a set of cards… “A therapeutic treasure deck of grounding, soothing and regulating cards” created by Dr. Karen Treisman. Sufficiently curious, I bought these and then opened them later. Dr. Karen writes that these are designed to be engaging, creative, interesting, normalising and fun and…
I read through an update from Executive Grapevine recently, under the heading: “This is the WORST kind of leader, according to nearly 30,000 workers.” It cited research conducted by Cass Business School into the qualities of managers. Bosses who scored lowest overall were those who consistently failed to get the job done. The article then…
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Many years ago I worked with Alan. At that time, I edited a magazine for mountain walkers and backpackers called Trail. Alan was an outstanding contributor and columnist. Erudite, humble and grounded, he penned a monthly column that wonderfully engaged our band of readers.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
We certainly live in challenging times. In the UK, we fumble around the exit for Brexit, as vested self-interest battles with vested self-interest. At the highest global levels, leadership appears to have descended into self-interested positions of, variously, defensiveness, distrust, disruption, aggression and autocracy. This doesn’t appear to be a golden era of leadership.
