The Coaching Inn

Claire is in conversation with Dom Jones about how he  is using what he learned about coaching from 3D’s  Transforming Conversations in his role as a police chaplain. Some great insights from Dom about his journey to listening even better. Contact Dom via Twitter @HantsPoliceChap Or email chaplain@hampshire.police.uk     Keywords coaching, chaplaincy, pastoral care, police, grief, bereavement, con...

Today coach Sam Isaacson is back for a return visit to The Coaching Inn to talk about his new book Superhuman Coaching . How is technology affecting the coaching profession? Should we be using it more? Should we be using it less? We talk about practical ways to use technology now - in some great and normal ways! Sam is former Global Director of Consulting at Coach Hub, works across the coaching pr...

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with her friend Psychotherapist Jane Tiller about empathy and the essential OK ness of every human. -   Some links: the article Jane mentioned Her work with Jeff Hopping on spirituality Jane’s business - Soul Body Podcast with Mike White on using tools TA101 available at many institutions including Metanoia, The Berne Institute Information about the UK A...

Coach, Supervisor and Trainer Nishe Patel shared a post on Linked In: “If coaching is a partnership, should the coach’s experience and thinking be shared more freely?  I’ve been going back and forth over this question for quite some time now, and it’s challenged how I see coaching. As much as my focus is on my clients and what they want to achieve, I feel I may be missing opportunities to support...

How do new coaches get work? The best way to find out is to ask them! In this extended Business of Coaching Special, Claire Pedrick MCC talks with 6 very different people about what they are learning on the way. They have all qualified from coaching training in the last 1-2 years. Sarah Brooks is a university lecturer and a coach in the career space Sarah Clein was in the public sector befoew she...

Today, Claire is talking with coach and Jazz lover Tunçel Gülsoy about making coaching our own and why it's like Jazz. And Pizza. We talk about Frank Barrett's book about leadership and Jazz - Yes to the Mess   Coaching is a conversation that raises awareness and leads to action. Jazz music teaches us the importance of adapting and improvising in life. Coaches should come together and create a soc...

In today's episode, 3D's new managing partner Su Blanch talks to Claire (who isn't leaving) about some of what she is learning from her Camino across Spain. It's also a great demonstration of coaching!   Takeaways The Camino was a promise, a walk, and a fundraiser. We hadn't really taken seriously what it was we were going to do. You can't really think about walking 600 kilometers. Every morning w...

In today’s episode, Claire Pedrick MCC talks with leadership and team coach Jude Jennison about her latest book Leading through Uncertainty .  She’s published a 2nd edition to integrate learning from leaders managing through the pandemic. We talk about control, naming fear and more…   Jude has extensive experience in organisations. Having overcome her fear of horses, Jude works with leaders and he...

In Conversation with Ben Jeeves - Using a Coaching Style with Patients   Today Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Ben Jeeves.  Claire met Ben on one of 3D’s Building a Coaching Culture (Transforming Conversations) courses.  Today they talk about the differences that a coaching style has made to the way that Ben works with patients. ‘It’s easily embedded in...

Amadu Koroma is a fitness professional who works with professional athletes and stressed out leaders to help them achieve top performance by balancing their physical and mental health. In this episode we explore the important role gratitude plays in living a healthy and fulfilling life. We touch on the importance of movement, getting out of our comfort zones, listening and much much more - we hope...

Many of us feel committed to having more equitable relationships, teams or organisations and communities - but don’t know where to start, how we are doing it well and we sometimes underestimate the emotional labour of living and working in this way.    In this episode we were delighted to invite Roxana Bacian ‘In The Arena’ to talk about her journey in working, coaching and connecting in more equi...

Creativity is one of those words that either gets people jumping for joy or running in the opposite direction! In this episode of In the Arena, Kirsty Elderton is with artist, illustrator, service design and trainee psychotherapist Harriet McDougall who talks us through the creative process - what helps, what hinders, how to get over those creative blocks - and we ponder how coaching is at its hea...

Empathy is a much used word - but what does it really mean to display empathy and what is the cost? In this episode of In the Arena Carolina Gaitan taked with Kirsty Elderton and describes her leadership journey, the role that empathy has played and how empathy for self is perhaps one of the kindest things you can do for yourself.    We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking about...

While Claire is on sabbatical, join our guest host Kirsty Elderton as she listens to Kamal Ibrahim's experience in the arena. Kamal Ibrahim migrated from Ethiopia with his family in 2003 at the age of 12 to escape civil war.-At that time, Kamal spoke no English and experienced all of the challenges that accompany settling into a new country, community and culture. Kamal turned his passion for socc...

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is talking to Kirsty Elderton about disaster ethics What do you need to be thinking about? Scenario Clients Action Reflection Takeaways Disaster ethics involves pre-planning for ethical decisions. The fight, flight, freeze response can hinder clear thinking. Coaching is largely unregulated, which presents risks. Supervision is crucial for ethical decision-making. Values cl...

Coach Brenda Ammon PCC from Michigan USA emailed info@3dcoaching.com to continue the conversation that we have been having in a few recent episodes of the Coaching Inn about difference.   Today, Brenda talks with Claire Pedrick MCC and has a different conversation about difference, not knowing, and getting up at 4am to participate in 3D’s mentor coaching with Peronel Barnes.  We also wax lyrically...

Katie Muldoon emailed info@3dcoaching.com after encouragement from her coaching tribe that she had some good stuff to share about marketing your coaching.  So we said let’s talk.  In today’s episode, Katie is talking with Claire Pedrick MCC about what she learned when she moved out of her comfort zone and how she makes sure that she is spending time working on the business, working in the business...

Do you really need more empathy to be an effective coach? Coach/ Supervisor Beatrice Zornek wrote in a Linked In post, "Clients need to trust the coach and to feel seen and supported. But “more empathy” is not a universal prescription like a supplement we should all take liberally.    High levels of empathy often come with risks. Like absorbing emotions in the coaching space. We can end up worryin...

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with Tim Bradshaw about his new book Because I Can. The book contains hints and tips for people wanting to achieve their goal. We cover expeditions, courage and more. Tim's Book is Because I Can . We also talk about Susan Jeffers' Feel The Fear and Do It anyway .   Contact Tim throug h Linked In   Keywords Tim Bradshaw, Because I Can, leadership, mindset...

Today Claire Pedrick MCC talks with coach Verity Symcox about coaching and mental health. Do you have a mental health position statement, and have you thought about what you will do on the day you are seriously concerned about someone you're coaching (especially when they are a private client)? Contact Verity through Linked In   Keywords coaching, mental health, therapy, workplace, well-being, coa...

"We need to let go of status."   In this week's episode, Claire Pedrick MCC is talking with coach Rachel Alvarez-Reyes. Rachel joined Liz Price's Unlearning Circle after listening to Liz Price talking at the Coaching Inn in episode 20 . Rachel has spent her whole career in international development and generously shares some of what she's learning and unlearning about power and privilege. Contact...

A great email came in recently: "I’ve listened to two episodes recently that really resonated with what I often wrestle with as coach. They were your conversation with Sarah Short from the Coaching Revolution and your Business Coaching Special. They highlighted for me a tension I constantly wrestle with, between (1) not promising outcomes because they are entirely dependent on on the work the clie...

In today's episode, Claire Pedrick MCC and coach Nathan Whitbread are thinking aloud about using coaching as triage. Talk to us if you're interested in a special coaching lab to try it out. Takeaways Triage coaching provides a safe space for people. Coaches should facilitate people in identifying their needs. Confidentiality is crucial in coaching conversations. Once something is said in a workpla...

This week, Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with race educator, coach and former barrister Raggi Kotak. about whiteness, racial literacy and awareness. And what insights being race can bring to a coach's capacity to hold the unknown. They explore the intersections of coaching, race, and identity. Raggi shares her journey from being a barrister to a race educator and coach, highlighting the ch...

Naomi Ward emailed info@3dcoaching.com to say "In the context of doing less as a coach, a journey I'm really enjoying, what are some ways that you create challenge for the thinker?" So we said come to The Coaching Inn and let's talk. And we shared on LinkedIn and had more willing companions who wanted to dig deeper...   akeaways Challenge can be supportive and transformative. Silence can be the mo...