Mentor-coach or supervisor?

There has been a lot of confusion over the years between supervision and mentor-coaching.  The two are very different roles with very different purposes.  Mentor-coaching is a form of support for newly qualified coaches. The key requirement for the mentor-coach is greater experience, ideally alongside having a higher level of accreditation. The origins of this (more…)

Using PERILL to analyse day-to-day challenges

The extensive and growing PERILL database of team dynamics is primarily used to give teams an insight into the issues they need to pay attention to, in order to improve performance and collaboration. PERILL Diagnostics for Teams is now available for HR Professional, Facilitators, Team Leaders & Team Coaches to enhance their teams performance and (more…)

Professional coach or professional mentor?

The work of the Coach Maturity Research Group demonstrates conclusively that the more mature coaches become in their practice, the more they blend coaching and mentoring.

The addictive power of AI

One of the results of this is that the more we use AI, the more we may unconsciously be dumbing ourselves down.