16 Mar,2021 | Coaching, Jenny Rogers Coaching
David Bradford and Carole Robin, Penguin Life, 2021 It’s amazing how often the trail of what is good and lasting in social psychology leads back to the great Kurt Lewin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Lewin.) If you want proof of why leadership style influences...
2 Mar,2021 | Coaching, Jenny Rogers Coaching
When the first lockdown was really biting in 2020, I was part of a coaches’ Zoom get-together. The overarching question was how the pandemic was affecting our income. Some coaches spoke despairingly about the way their training and facilitation work had vanished...
15 Feb,2021 | Coaching, Jenny Rogers Coaching
A thoughtful participant on our recent coach training course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama raised this issue. ‘It feels as if sometimes it might be useful to say to a client that something similar has happened to me. But is it?’ In ordinary life we do...
11 Nov,2019 | Coaching, Jenny Rogers Coaching
In a world where the supply of coaches exceeds the demand, the so-called ‘chemistry’ conversation is ever more important. Some organizations may even insist that their potential coachees meet or interview at least two coaches. But it’s so easy for this conversation to...
26 Sep,2019 | Coaching, Jenny Rogers Coaching
Every now and then clients ask me for help on how to deal with intrusive comments about their health, or the health of a close family member. Typically the scenario is a very recent diagnosis of cancer. This is what works for people with cancer or other unpleasant...