The Coaching Cafe Podcast

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website We conclude our series on getting ready for annual performance reviews in our Coaching Café this week.  This week we turn our attention to focusing on strengths during the performance review to enable high performance .     Research suggests a focus on strengths during the performance review conversation can have a 36.5% uplift in perform...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website We continue our conversations around getting ready for annual performance reviews in our Coaching Café this week.  Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at key tips; a framework to set those conversations up for success; how to manage the trickier conversations; and the performance development plan (yes there’s a lot to catch up on if you...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website We continue our conversations around getting ready for annual performance reviews in our Coaching Café this week.  Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve looked at key tips and a framework to set those conversations up for success, and how to manage the trickier conversations.  This week we turn our attention to that box that says ‘state yo...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website During our Coaching Café this week we continue our conversations around getting ready for annual performance reviews.  Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve looked at key tips and a framework to set those conversations up for success, and how to manage the trickier conversations.  This week we turn our attention answering whatever question...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website .  Happy International Coach Week to you all!     The theme for ICW which runs from 16 May – 22 May 2022 is Reimagine the Future and it gives us all a chance to celebrate and reflect on coaching today and into the future.   This year Open Door is celebrating with a very special collaboration featuring Natalie and CEO of Proxima Strategy A...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website .  During our Coaching Café this week we continue our conversations around getting ready for annual performance reviews.  Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve looked at key tips and a framework to set those conversations up for success.  This week we turn our attention to the trickier performance conversations .     We were recently asked...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website .    This week we continue our conversations around getting ready for annual performance reviews.  Many organisations are entering into the annual performance review season and that means trying to schedule in appointments with the team; meeting the demands from HR Managers to submit reviews by deadlines; and for a number of people, assis...

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website . Many organisations are entering into the annual performance review season and that means trying to schedule in appointments with the team; meeting the demands from HR Managers to submit reviews by deadlines; and for a number of people, assisting managers to have good quality conversations.  This is where coaching really comes in handy....

You can view a recording of the live webinar on our website here . Natalie’s presentation to the ICF Australasia ACT Branch was a hit and people walked away inspired and motivated about the changes that are happening a global level, to increase the professionalism of the industry.   We are talking, specifically about the recent changes to the ICF Core Competencies AND the changes that will ensure...

What are we trying to achieve with mental health in the workplace? Is there any such thing as the ‘new normal’?  What is really happening with mental health?  And how do I support my team?  How do I even bring up the conversation if I suspect something might have ‘issues’?  These are just some of the questions that you might be curious about, or perhaps you have another burning question about ment...

My inbox is full of articles and media commentary about the ‘great workforce resignation’ and the ‘evolving workplace’.  But interestingly, very little has been written about how to coach team members around their careers and having career conversations in the context of the changing workplace.   Thankfully, we can tap into the amazing Open Door Alumni to get some key insights from experts.  Bette...

You can see the full video of this coaching cafe webinar on our website here .  How do we create engagement in the workplace? Well as leaders, managers and coaches we are often focussed on others, and less on ourselves.  Coach Mel Leow, MCC, suggests that engagement must start with our own self-coaching.  Self-coaching is not just a module in the Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching,...

You can watch the video of this webinar on our website here .  ‘These tools are really great, but can you use the tools to coach upwards?’ It’s a question that we get asked often during our coaching programs. And it always comes with a sense of hesitation or concern.   Of course, we say that you can coach upwards, downwards and sidewards, but how feasible is that? Should I coach upwards? Can I coa...

You can see the full video of this coaching cafe on our website here.   To be honest I’ve not paid much attention to the ‘R‘ in SMART Goal Setting, ie. making sure that the goals are REALISTIC. That is until I found myself not achieving some big goals within the timeframes that I had set. Perhaps you’ve experienced this in the frantic lead up to the end of last year? ‘Being too realistic gets in t...

You can see the video of this Coaching Cafe on our blog .  We continue our Coaching Café webinar this week with another look at the most highly attended and popular topic from 2021: best practice in introducing a coaching culture.  Many of us across the Open Door Coaching Alumni are involved in introducing coaching into teams, business units and into the organisation, with the view of creating a c...

Watch the webinar recording for this episode here .  Well here we are…welcome to Coaching Cafes 2022! Not long ago we signed off for the year, with a recap on the trends in coaching that we predicated for 2021.  And now here we are, gazing into our re-usable coffee mugs and thinking about trends that we will see in coaching for 2022.   The good news is that you actually don’t need your double shot...

Back in March when we held our first Coaching Café for the year, we discussed 5 trends in coaching for 2021.  Of course, back then, we had come out of extended lockdowns and for half of Australia, we were definitely not expecting to go back into some of the longest and toughest lockdowns in the world.   We’ve covered so much this year in our Coaching Cafés from ‘juggling and coaching through lockd...

What does ‘competent’ coaching look like; sound like; feel like?   What do coaches do that would deem them to be ‘not yet competent’ from a ICF core competency point of view? Do you think you’d be deemed as ‘competent’ or ‘not yet competent’ against the international standards? Join us for this Coaching Café where you have the unique opportunity to learn from Open Door’s Learning and Development M...

How does coaching build workplace engagement?  How do you go from 65% engagement to 91% in just two years? We know that coaching builds engagement in the workplace, but what are the actual results and what role does coaching play in building workforce engagement? For over 10 years Jonathan Millen has been building engagement in his teams using a coaching approach.   He’s currently Senior Manager C...

In this episode of the coaching café podcast, Natalie is joined by Heather-Jane Gray, MCC and CEO Of Synergy Global.  Continuing our learning from leaders series, we’re talking about what trends we are seeing in coaching, as well as How coaching will evolve in the post-pandemic world.  At Open Door we are in a privileged position to be working with people who are influencing and championing coachi...

Don’t forget to check out all the available episodes. Sometimes you need to scroll back to see them all.  There’s ten in total and they cover a range of interesting topics and themes.  Our live coaching cafe webinars will be back next week. You can find more information about those on our website by clicking here .  Transcripts can be found here :  Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast...

We all know that coaching ‘works’, but how do we specifically measure the return on investment?    This week we continue our discussion about best practice in the implementation of a coaching culture in your organisation.  We’ll look at the ways that we can measure the impact of coaching on individuals, teams and the whole organisation. Join Natalie for this Coaching Café as she introduces you to...

In this episode we continue our discussion about best practice in the implementation of a coaching culture in your organisation.   Part of the strategy side of implementation is creating those visible signs of coaching - and we call these ‘organisational artefacts’.  Artefacts might include job descriptions, a web page on the intranet and even posters.  Join Brigitte for this Coaching Café as she...

Elite sport stars, emergency service workers, members of our armed forces, senior executives and the list goes on…what is one thing that they all have in common to achieve high performance?  They all practice mindfulness.  And during Mental Health Awareness Week we want to give you the opportunity to do the same. Whether you practice mindfulness regularly, want to get back into a routine or you ar...

What happens when two coaches, who have both been coaching for over 15 years, actually try to do bad coaching?  The result is a hilarious and cringe-worthy attempt at doing all the things we know we aren’t meant to! : jumping into the space, cutting the client off, picking the topic for the client and making suggestions. But for those of us who are coaching managers to coach their teams, they are...