Cascade Coaching® is the 3CCCs methodology for culture change in organisations working on 3 levels of corporate change.
These changes are directed at key (typically ‘front-line’) staff and managers. Cascade Coaching also involves the training of in-house coaches to encourage your organisation to become independently developing with time. Enquire for more information navigation: contact
In practice, when coaching, mentoring may sometimes be needed. Why is that?
Coaching, since Tim Gallwey, is perceived universally as a facilitative process, whereby the coach attends to the coachee and their learning. This attention to the coachee and their learning leads to the use of just three principle instruments of coaching, namely: questions, challenge and (Self-reflective; SR) Silence. Continue reading Mixing coaching & mentoring
Before we set out definitions, it may be worth providing some context so we can come off the same page.
Because the person or organisation that pays is normally referred to as ‘the client’, the word ‘coachee’ is invariably reserved for the person being coached. Continue reading Coaching Definitions
We provide a free glossary of terms, below are some examples extracted from the main document which you can download for free. Continue reading Coaching and leadership: a glossary of terms
We all choose our words deliberately. We have thousands of possibilities to choose how we arrange those words but each individual selects their own special form. In most cases, people have particular sensitivities to particular words/phrases that they use and these are called[1] ‘hot-words’ & ‘hot-language’. Continue reading Hot Words & Hot Language
The Principal Instruments of coaching are now these: exquisite listening, questions (including challenge) and SR silence[1]. These Principal Instruments are used to assist the coachee to meet their defined targets. Of the three Instruments, Self-Reflective silence is the most effective. To see video of SR go to this link. Continue reading The Principal Instruments of Coaching
Questioning is one of the three Principal Instruments of Coaching (that include listening and silence). Questions are used in coaching to: Continue reading Questioning skills for managers and coaches
Angus McLeod’s coaching model includes ‘E’ emotion as a vital element of any target or goal.
EMOTION is at the heart of motivation and de-motivation. STEPPPA includes EMOTION rather than ignoring it! Continue reading STEPPPA Coaching Model
When a coachee makes a discovery, the psychological breakthrough in perception, or catharsis, is wholly internal. Even if the coach is speaking, the contribution of the coach to the actual event is insignificant.
Silence (and specifically one form of silence in coaching: ‘self-reflective’ silence, SR-Silence) is therefore the dominant of the triad of the Principal Instruments (that include questioning and challenge). SR-Silence enables the coachee to think and feel (experience) without the coach sidetracking them. Watch the video for more . Continue reading Self-reflective (SR) Silence