I just got back from a wonderful coaching seminar with Joseph O’Connor in London with PPDL, the NLP training company I work for (www.ppdlearning.co.uk). He has founded the International Coaching Community. He wrote together with his wife Andrea Lages “How Coaching Works: The Essential Guide to the History and Practice of Effective Coaching (Paperback – Jan 1, 2008)”. It gives a lovely overview and helped my some time ago to get a more systemic look on how coaching developped.
Now having him seen coach and train, I even more appreciate this book.
He had lots of interesting “stuff” and one of the things that stuck with me was about values. I use values in my coaching and he added an interesting thing. You can only be aware of your values when they are challenged! So, if I say I am honest, I can only know this when tempted to do something dishonest. This proved a wonderful insight which further enriched my learning.
Noëlla
