by Sarah Haté (France) Before training to become a coach, one of my jobs had been working in a French business school for around 10 years. Needless to say, as an English-language trainer to young business undergraduates, part of my job was to teach them business English and organisational
by Keith Merron (USA) There once was a man who woke up one day to discover he was trapped in a 10-foot by 10-foot by 10-foot wooden box with no windows and only one door. Inside the box was nothing but an old, beat-up chair on which he sat,
by Anna Grechishkina – iCN Journalist (Ukraine) Jesus Leon became a champion in the powerboats sport in Mexico at a very young age and for more than ten years had been collecting medals on podiums. He lived fast and high enjoying the sense of being the winner and the
by Brian Tregunna (UK) Experienced Life Coach and former Chief Fire Officer Brian Tregunna discusses the importance of self-control during highly-pressurised moments. We are probably all familiar with that moment when something happens that makes your heart sink. You are planning to do something familiar and for which you
by Alan Wilson (UK) We need professional coaches to facilitate our new online programme to empower parents with an evidence based, an unconventional personal development programme for today’s children and parents. To appreciate where we are coming from, we explain as briefly as possible how Develop Your Child CIC
by Judit McAlley (UK) The Oxford Language dictionary defines values as: ‘principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life.’ Based on our values we decide what is right and what is wrong. They are the basis of how we act in various situations. And
by Maddalena Fumagalli – iCN Journalist (Switzerland) Like many of us, I am a multilingual. I typically juggle several languages in my daily life, switching between different vocabularies that sometimes overlap, other times complement and, often, don’t communicate, leaving me stuck in a lost-in-translation void. I find that some
by Sai Blackbyrn (Germany) ‘A coach is likely to be every leader’s secret weapon to COVID-19 recovery’ You don’t have to look very far to see that it’s anything but business as usual right now. Organisations across a host of sectors are battling to redesign and restructure their operations
by Cristina Burcă (Romania) ‘Life is about you, your actions, decisions, gestures and emotions’, and only when you realise this, ‘you start searching for alternative ways of being, thinking and feeling, in order to be authentically happy and fulfilled.’ Loredana Vlădăreanu, Personal & Professional Coach and Trainer based in
Most life coaches chose that career because they liked helping people. When they decided to take that path, they probably did not expect that they will actually be spending most of their time searching for clients, preparing contracts, invoicing clients, writing blogs, managing social media channels and all those
