The Coaching Inn

In 2021, Claire hosted a book group to explore questions and insights emerging from the first readers of Simplifying Coaching. We thought you might like to listen again - or for the first time.  So here's a feature length compilation with an exploration of every chapter. You can buy Simplifying Coaching from major online retailers.  Or get a personalised signed copy from the 3D shop .   And if you...

Lyssa de Hart talks with Claire Pedrick about her personal and professional journey, including her transition from therapy to coaching and her experiences with dyslexia and ADHD. They explore Lyssa's book, Light Up the Science of Coaching with Metaphors , and its use in facilitating different ways of thinking.    And plenty of rich stuff about the ICF exam and the importance of documenting hours a...

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is talking with author Michael Bungay Stanier who, like Claire, is passionate about simplicity and clarity in his work.  The conversation explores Michael's personal journey and experiences, the importance of self-management and facilitating conversations, and the power of asking questions.    Michael’s new book How To Work With Almost Anyone talks about 'keystone conversa...

The most frequent question Claire is asked is When are you going to talk about Time to Think at The Coaching Inn ?   So today’s guest is Anne Hathaway.  Anne met Nancy Kline by coincidence in the early 1990s and has been deeply involved in Thinking Environment work since then. The actions we take are only as good as the thinking behind them. And we have an interesting exploration about respect and...

I went out to my supervision community and asked new coaches: What are you learning? I expected us to talk about business development, and this wonderful group dived straight into what they are learning about the art of coaching - the technical stuff and the human stuff and  a tiny peek at business development.   We talked about Action Learning Set Facilitator Training Pre-Recorded Masterclasses A...

Brian Gorman shares his journey to his current role as a coach and VP for program development at Quantuvos and the role of group coaching in driving change and supporting leadership development.  "Courage is critical. It takes courage to adapt to change. It takes courage to innovate. It takes courage to experiment." "One of the things I said earlier, I want to pick up on here in group coaching, th...

Rob Wright's resilience journey moved him from being a self-employed copywriter and graphic designer to becoming an executive and leadership development coach and now a facilitator. He started a resilience practice called Giant Life Skills, focusing on understanding how people flourish during tough times. Listen to Rob’s story and the importance he puts on storytelling and how he has created a men...

Joy Harcup and Helen Hopper both have extensive experience of being on and working with boards.  Noticing that good dynamics were what made the difference, Joy realised that there was a book to be written.  She was looking for a co-author with a psychology background, and met Helen on a leadership retreat in Rajasthan. "Boards often don't quite know if they're a team or a group or what they are."...

While some professional bodies like ICF have a very pure definition of coaching, it's common for people coming to coaching to be unclear what we offer.  Sometimes the organisation has commissioned you to do a combination of coaching and mentoring. What's ethical? What's partnership? What's useful?    Today Claire is joined by Michael Kell who emailed info@3dcoaching.com with an idea to have this c...

Robbie Swale is back at The Coaching Inn today to think about the coaching business flywheel and how important it is to be open to tweak and learn as we grow a coaching business. This episode is full of ideas. Since their first podcast together, Claire and Robbie realised that they live near each other and now enjoy walking and talking in the Malvern Hills.  If you are or would like to be a member...

Claire saw a post about on Linked In from Kay Young about how Kay disliked the word mastery.  Sharing her dislike of the word, Claire invited Kay to The Coaching Inn to find out more.    Kay shares her experience of dialogue and relationship building in her recent accreditation with APECS . We talk about  the liberation that comes for coaches when they discover a sense of 'enoughness' rather than...

This week, Claire is talking to Michael Levitt.  A former Health Care leader, Michael burned out in 2009. He talks about lessons learned and some strategies to avoid burnout - useful for anyone encountering burnout themselves or with others.   Takeaways Invest in getting enough sleep and prioritize restful sleep for better physical and mental health. Be mindful of what you eat and consider getting...

Today, Claire is in conversation with Patrick Regan about the work he is doing with Brighter Days.  Find out about Patrick’s journey from working with young people in London, through his own experience of being broken, to the work he is doing now around mental health.   Patrick designed a wellbeing course, inspired by the Japanese art form Kinsugi, which emphasizes resilience, honesty, forgiveness...

Behind every athlete is a human.  Today Claire is talking to Elizabeth Egan about her journey into personal development coaching in sport.  Lots to think about this week around working with young people, and the differences between our work and sports coaching.   Elizabeth has written an excellent reference guide, with Rob Clift and Carly Jones that you can find on her website https://www.somuchmo...

At our last mentors meeting we thought it would be fun to invite you into our conversation from time to time.   Today, Claire Pedrick is in conversation with Ruth Bennett PCC and Zoe Dickinson PCC about what we are learning from technical check ins with coaches - looking at and listening to recordings of their work.   We talk about • Making the rightsizing questions normal • The Importance of Aski...

Today Claire is talking with Derek Hill about the research he has done into endings in coaching. At 3D Coaching, we find that this topic comes up more than almost anything else in our coaching supervision community.   We talk about intimacy and belonging, how different people engage in ending the relationship and Derek generously shares some of his learning. His Henley Insight Guide on Goodbyes is...

Sometimes the best learning about coaching comes when we talk about something else and then make our own meaning.  Claire met Kate Caroe at the Out of The Box/ Deep Talk conference in September 2023. Over coffee, Kate shared some of the connections she was making between Home Education and Coaching. So we invited her to come to The Coaching Inn and talk more.   Kate has home educated her 6 childre...

Claire is known for her opinion of much of the use of  tools and techniques in coaching. And she’s up to be challenged.  So when Joanna Lindenbaum from the Applied Depth Institute asked whether we wanted to talk about using resistance archetypes in coaching, we pulled up a chair at The Coaching Inn and said let’s talk!. We talk about resistance in coaching, and what you notice. There’s mention of...

Today’s guest is Virtual Assistant and author Kathy Soulsby.  Kathy has just published How to Work with a Virtual Assistant : Outsource Everything but Your Brilliance. If you are wondering about getting support and don’t know how, listen in! This episode is full of insights about what to outsource and how to do it. Kathy started as a VA in 2014 and now leads a team of 30.   Contact Kathy Soulsby t...

Today, Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with Melissa Hague who brings extensive experience in organisational life and a desire to support people to engage in their wor places with courage and vulnerability.    Melissa is a certified Dare to Lead facilitator, and has ‘Melissa-d’ her work by doing the inner work that enables her to facilitate other people to do theirs. If you’re interested in t...

In the final episode of 2023, Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with Samreen McGregor about her experiences growing up in Venezuela and the UK, the challenges of being a global citizen, a third culture child and mother and her work as a consultant and executive coach. This has given her a unique perspective to working on the margins of organisations. Samreen started in private banking and then...

In June 2023, William McKee came to The Coaching Inn to talk about psychometrics in coaching.  Here is is. It’s our second most popular episode this year and has received lots of feedback and evoked conversation. So we invited William back with some people who expressed interest in going deeper.  And that's exactly what we did! We explore the connection between the ethics of coaching and the ethic...

Today Claire is in conversation with Tuula Valkonen, the founder of Deep Talk. They met when Claire delivered the keynote address at the Deep Talk/Out of The Box conference in September and they made lots of connections between Tuula’s work and ours.  Today’s podcast is on our YouTube channel as well as our audio channels because there is much to watch as Tuula facilitates Claire to explore using...

Andy and Fi are both experienced interims working in many different roles across different organisations.  They are also both trained coaches.   They had each noticed how they used their coaching skills in different ways in their interim roles.  So Claire said ‘Come to The Coaching Inn and let’s talk more…’   We talk about knowing, about not knowing the back story and about not needing to find the...

Matt Abrahams contacted Claire via Linked In to say ‘Can we talk about my new book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter : How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot‘. It was a no brainer to say yes as we have been doing so much work on not knowing and how to speak when you don’t know what to say!   There are some great insights in today’s episodes including the value of what we do outside work t...