Category: Coaching and Behavioural Change

When the Coachee Disagrees with Their Own 360 Data: What to Do and What Not to Do
Coaching and Behavioural Change

When the Coachee Disagrees with Their Own 360 Data: What to Do and What Not to Do

Disagreement with 360 data is the norm, not the exception. How the coach handles that disagreement in the...

20 Sep 2025 Rama Krishna
The Question That Makes the Room Go Still
Coaching and Behavioural Change

The Question That Makes the Room Go Still

There is a kind of question that is not primarily a request for information. It is an invitation...

06 Sep 2025 Rama Krishna
Senior Leaders Resist Coaching for Three Reasons. Two Are Addressable. One Tells You Everything.
Coaching and Behavioural Change

Senior Leaders Resist Coaching for Three Reasons. Two Are Addressable. One Tells You Everything.

Resistance to coaching in senior leaders is common, rarely fully explained, and worth understanding carefully. The first two...

25 Aug 2025 Rama Krishna
The Difference Between Coaching That Produces Behaviour Change and Coaching That Produces Insight
Coaching and Behavioural Change

The Difference Between Coaching That Produces Behaviour Change and Coaching That Produces Insight

Insight and behaviour change are related but not equivalent. Most coaching produces more of the former than the...

08 Aug 2025 Rama Krishna
A Coaching Culture Is Not Produced by Training Managers in Coaching Skills
Coaching and Behavioural Change

A Coaching Culture Is Not Produced by Training Managers in Coaching Skills

Most organisations that want a coaching culture invest in coaching skills training for managers. This is necessary but...

22 Jul 2025 Rama Krishna
Feedforward over Feedback: Why the Direction of the Conversation Changes Everything
Coaching and Behavioural Change

Feedforward over Feedback: Why the Direction of the Conversation Changes Everything

Feedback is information about the past. Feedforward is information about the future. The distinction is not merely semantic:...

03 Jul 2025 Rama Krishna
The Coaching Engagement Is Often Won or Lost Before the First Session
Coaching and Behavioural Change

The Coaching Engagement Is Often Won or Lost Before the First Session

The quality of a coaching engagement is determined, more than by any other single factor, by the quality...

20 Jun 2025 Rama Krishna
The Stakeholder Is the Data: Why 360 Feedback Changes Behaviour When Coaching Alone Does Not
Coaching and Behavioural Change

The Stakeholder Is the Data: Why 360 Feedback Changes Behaviour When Coaching Alone Does Not

Most executive coaching is a private conversation between a coach and a coachee. The coachee's stakeholders, the people...

10 Jun 2025 Rama Krishna
Coaching and Behavioural Change

Fear of Who You Really Are : The Imposter Syndrome.

According to a research paper on the subject, it is estimated that 70 percent of people will experience...

14 Feb 2025 Rama Krishna
Coaching and Behavioural Change

Chasing The Bright Side – Pragmatic Optimist!

The pragmatic optimist does not pretend the difficulty does not exist. They hold the reality clearly and act...

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