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4 More Reasons Why Leadership Coaches Shouldn’t Give Advice

Andy Smith December 6, 2023 Coaching, Leadership No Comments
4 More Reasons Why Leadership Coaches Shouldn’t Give Advice

This follows on from last week’s article – you can discover the first 3 reasons that leadership coaches shouldn’t give advice here. And just like in that article, I’m using the term ‘learner’ rather than the more traditional – but misleading…

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3 Reasons Why Leadership Coaches Shouldn’t Give Advice

Andy Smith November 30, 2023 Coaching No Comments
3 Reasons Why Leadership Coaches Shouldn’t Give Advice

Note: I’m going to use the term ‘learner’ throughout this article rather than the more traditional ‘coachee’. I’m not a fan of that term, because it implies being a passive recipient, which is emphatically not what’s going on in the…

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Directive vs Non-Directive Coaching – What’s the Difference?

Andy Smith March 15, 2023 Coaching, Video 1 Comment
Directive vs Non-Directive Coaching – What’s the Difference?

Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and coach Andy Smith describes the difference between Directive and Non-Directive coaching

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What Executives Get Wrong About Coaching

Andy Smith August 16, 2018 Coaching, Questions, Research No Comments
What Executives Get Wrong About Coaching

A study published in the Harvard Business Review by Leadership professor Julia Milner and management consultant Trenton Milner has revealed that most executives don’t really know what coaching is. It’s worth looking at what experts generally define as coaching. These descriptions…

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