Self Management or Diagnosis – What is Your Approach?

Tom GibbonsCoaching, Learning, Preference Assessments, Social ConstructionLeave a Comment

I remember the first time I had a battery of tests and assessments done when I was with an organization. I can’t quite remember why I was doing these things (which is another story!) but I do remember getting my results. Looking back now I consider myself very fortunate to have been working with the person I was working with. … Read More

Coaching – The Rise of Immersion

Tom GibbonsCoachingLeave a Comment

Our last 2 posts have dealt with changes that we see as needed and inevitable as the world of coaching changes. These two posts can be read here: The Socialization of Coaching and Coaching – The Decline of Analysis . This post focuses on the real challenge and need for the coach to immerse themselves in the context and process … Read More

Coaching – The Rise of Immersion

Tom GibbonsCoaching, Complexity, Organization Development, Social Construction, UncertaintyLeave a Comment

Our last 2 posts have dealt with changes that we see as needed and inevitable as the world of coaching changes.  These two posts can be read here: The Socialization of Coaching and Coaching – The Decline of Analysis .  This post focuses on the real challenge and need for the coach to immerse themselves in the context and process of … Read More

Coaching – The Decline of Analysis

Tom GibbonsChange, Coaching, Social Construction1 Comment

In our previous post we talked about The Socialization of Coaching and why we think this is necessary to bring some balance to the world of coaching.  This balance is about bringing more of a social approach to coaching while still holding on to the best of what the psychological approach brings. One of the foundations of the psychological approach … Read More

The Socialization of Coaching

Tom GibbonsCoaching, Preference Assessments, TMS News4 Comments

We are beginning a series of posts on coaching as we lead up to our first Accreditation for Coaches workshop this September. These posts will provide a little perspective on our position and thinking about coaching and how we use our assessments in this type of work. As you can tell from the title of this post one of our … Read More

The Challenge of Executive Coaching – Individual Change and Social Response

Tom GibbonsCoachingLeave a Comment

A primary informing model of one-on-one executive coaching is psychoanalytic.  The couch might have disappeared but the model remains.  One individual there to change and the other individual there to assist in that change.  When the individual changes, success is assumed.  The challenge is that success is only really determined when those changes are taken out of the coaching scenario … Read More