Leadership Coaching Articles & Insights

Team coaching case study for a team that wanted to lead and transform the organisation culture and stakeholder relationships and be more resilient in their roles.

In December 2020, 25 fabulous women from Monash University Science and Bio-Science (STEM) faculties experienced the brilliant SPRINT development program. Read their feedback and learn about the SPRINT Development Program for Women in STEM

High Performance Team Coaching can help to build an inclusive and innovative team culture, helping your team to perform at their peak.

Lisa BakerExecutive Coach, Facilitator and Coach SupervisorKaleidoscope Consulting, Melbourne, Australia AbstractThis action research explored a group coaching supervision process over three years with a group of coaches in Australia, from the perspective of the coach supervisor, to inform on the groups evolution and the deepening of the practice of the coach supervisor. The methodology included…

Executive coaching is designed to help facilitate professional and personal development to the point of improved performance and individual development and growth. In business, before Covid19, a consistent theme in my executive coaching work was the ongoing challenge for executives to find space and time to think, really think.  What does it mean to really…

Like many people in 2020 much of my work with coaching and supervision clients has been in the virtual medium. In fact, being in Stage 4 lockdown restrictions in Melbourne Australia has meant that there has been no choice other than the virtual coaching medium. So what has that meant for my own practice as…

In recent years there has been a plethora of literature, models, tools, techniques and more recently training programs in “team coaching” by eminent academics, coaches and professionals.  Four years ago Peters & Carr (2013) counted more than 130 published team coaching models. It all makes for important and interesting learning, however much of the content,…

Is Coaching Supervision worth the investment? Recently, I was asked this question by a Human Resource practitioner seeking some support.  She had found herself increasingly coaching Managers in her workplace and feeling challenged and exhausted by both the people and the issues raised. So I thought I’d let fingers twiddle on the keyboard, as this…

Are you a Resilient Leader leading a resilient team? So far this year much of my coaching and supervision work has centered around assisting leaders and teams in focusing on and building resilience. It has been both a privilege and a challenge. In identifying leader’s needs our first conversations generally turn to issues of stress,…