Skills Active funding cut despite employer satisfaction
The sport and active leisure Skills Sector Council has reacted angrily to the coalition government’s decision to axe its apprenticeship funding despite pledges to create 100,000 new on-the-job training places over the next two years. The Young Apprenticeship scheme in Sports Management, Leadership and Coaching, which is led by Skills Active, the […]
How to: Select a coach
Whether you are thinking about sourcing an external coach, or developing coaching in-house, the Association for Coaching UK offers some practical tips on what to look for in a coach. The value of coaching is recognised as a powerful tool for the development of people within an organisation and provides a ‘safe’ forum in which […]
Coaches call for better regulation of industry
Most coaches would prefer to see self-regulation rather than government intervention to tackle fears that burgeoning numbers of unqualified people entering the profession could damage its reputation. Although the coalition government has no current plans to regulate the industry, training body, the Coaching Academy, has taken a first step in this direction by sponsoring The […]
Understanding leadership styles to navigate the leader maze
It hardly needs saying that effective teamwork and motivated team members increase the likelihood of optimising business outcomes. If good business results aren't achieved the buck stops with the team leader for it is the team leader who is responsible for ensuring that the team is motivated to achieve results and effectively deployed to do […]
How to: Foster a coaching culture
David Clutterbuck an acclaimed author on mentoring and organisational learning, a member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council and head of Clutterbuck Associates and David Megginson, Professor of HRD at Sheffield Hallam University share, exclusively with HR Zone the secrets of coaching success. It’s a sad fact that a large proportion of the money […]
Life Coach at Large: Meeting … yourself
The next stage of finding balance in our lives, both at work and at home is to find out what makes us do the things we do. Who do you think you are?Now be honest. If you were walking past a room and over heard colleagues discussing you, what would you do? Would you: 1. […]
What is coaching?
"I am somewhat puzzled by the sense that coaching has a value, yet we don't know what that value is and we don't know how to measure it." Peter A Hunter, author of Breaking the Mould presents his thoughts on the subject. Is this is a bad thing or not? Style has no value and […]
