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Helping organisations to buy in to new behaviours and transformational change Neuropsychology is a relatively new term and marries some of the traditional theoretical frameworks from psychology with underpinning neuroscience that…

Demonstrating Good Training ROI Here at Spark Coaching and Training we’ve been in the field of training and development a long time and pride ourselves on providing training solutions that deliver…

The Four Pillars The model outlines the main elements of effective interaction with others, provides a diagnostic tool to allow participants to establish how they respond to people and situations,…

Selecting the Appropriate Coaching Style All too often we assign a task to someone and the job does not quite get done well enough. Why is this? One of the…

The Golden Thread of Intelligent Emotions Many coaches feel frustrated sometimes when they are asked to perform miracles in a few short coaching sessions. Being able to help a coachee, not…

What is The Difference Between Passive, Aggressive and Assertive Styles? It’s often been a source of amusement to me that we see people attending Personal Effectiveness programmes who have more…

Things to consider when demonstrating coaching in a group Many coaches, like me, also train coaching skills or are often asked to demonstrate what a real coaching scenario might look…

FROM FIERCE LION TO PUSSY CAT HOW TO TAME THE ABRASIVE EMPLOYEE Do you work with anyone like this? “It’s like walking on egg shells . She sees something that…

Why Coaches Don’t Give Advice Very early on in coaching school we were told that coaches don’t give advice because it’s not helpful to the client. This is mainly because…