Category: Coaching

  • My story

    In one of our conversations, Skye Hirst said: —I think there is an outline that I am hearing from you that I would like you to hear. Write this down… “My journey started as a little boy in Africa. I liked to draw. I loved to be in the forest with the trees. I have…

  • Holding space

    Heather Plett writes here what it means to “hold space” for people, and how to do it well. It’s something all of us can do for each other. She writes (my emphasis in bold). “[Holding space] means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making…

  • Integral Management

    Integral Management is a management model which addresses the question: “What does it take to have everyone in a company wholeheartedly join forces and take on challenges that, to most companies, would seem quite impossible?” The model has grown organically for more than 25 years. It’s based on a learning dialog involving tens of thousands…

  • Consent & Sochi 2014 gold medals‏

    The secret behind Sweden’s gold medals in the cross-country skiing team relays at Sochi 2014 is said to be hard work. I think the true secret is the use of consent! Here are two quotes (my translation into English): “We’ve basically made the decisions ourselves all the time and then we’ve had a team behind…

  • Samtycke bakom framgången i vinter-OS

    Andreas Björkman skriver på viaplay.se om hemligheten bakom Sveriges framgångar i skidspåren vid vinter-OS i Sotji 2014 och citerar Johan Olsson och Rikard Grip. “Vi har fått bestämma i stort sett hela tiden och sedan har vi haft ett team bakom som har vågat lita på vår erfarenhet och gett oss resurserna“, säger Johan Olsson.…

  • Manifesto for Organizational Coaching

    Here are the Guiding Values and Principles of FreeStandAgility.com. They can actually be viewed as a Manifesto for Organizational Coaching, or as a starting point for one. In serving their clients, they have come to value: Creating Independence over generating billing Championing Learning over avoiding risk Building Relationships over building transactions Inviting Participation over assigning…