The Coaching Cafe Podcast
The latest thinking from Australia's leading Organisational Coaching specialist, Open Door Coaching.
Episodes
99 episodes
Managing strong emotions in coaching
‘Have you ever had anyone cry in the coaching session?’ The answer is yes, it does happen. Not too often. But whether it is disappointment, frustration, anger or...
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31:20
Shifting under-performance through coaching
‘These tools are really great, but can you use the tools to coach someone who is under-performing?’It’s another question that we often get asked during our coaching programs and we have a very strong opinion on the answer, which i...
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What about coaching upwards?
‘These tools are really great, but can you use the tools to coach upwards?’ It’s a question that we get asked often during our coaching programs. And it always comes with a sense of hesitation or concern.Of course, we say that you...
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When is it not the right time for coaching?
We have covered a number of topics over the past weeks to explore real workplace coaching scenarios, including: coaching when people have too much on their plates, coaching when you know the answers and coaching ‘when it i...
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30:10
When it’s easier to do it myself! Coaching and delegation.
It’s a real struggle in our workplaces right now. Leaders and managers and their teams are overwhelmed by their workload. Therefore, rather than coach people to grow and develop and give someone a learning opportunity, we hear people say: ‘it r...
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What if I know the answer? exploring workplace coaching scenarios
It’s a question that we get often in our Leader as Coach or introductory coaching workshops that goes something along the lines of: ‘Coaching is great. Asking them for options is great. But what if I know the answer?.’&nbs...
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How to coach a client with too much on their plate?
We are back LIVE this week after our sun chasing, so join us for this 30 minute Coaching Café where we kick off a new round of Coaching Cafes: exploring very real workplace coaching scenarios.And since working out priorities becau...
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What are you not saying? A deeper look at active listening
Over the past few weeks in our Coaching Café we have been bringing the ICF Core Competencies to life, particularly by unpacking coaching demonstrations. An...
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Coaching demonstration – a deeper dive into the more subtle ICF Core Competencies
Over the past two weeks in our Coaching Café we were delighted to bring you another opportunity to learn from a coaching demonstration. By listening to another coaching demonstration by Brigitte, we build on the foundations that we...
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Coaching demonstration – the difference between ACC and PCC competencies
Last week in our Coaching Café we were delighted to bring you another opportunity to learn from a coaching demonstration. By listening to another coaching demonstration by Brigitte, we build on the foundations that we have been exp...
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What does PCC-MCC coaching sound like?
International Coaching Week gives us an opportunity to reflect on ourselves as coaches and on our workplace coaching practice. And one of the best ways to do this is to listen to great coaching. In fact, one of the most popular requ...
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The beliefs and behaviours of ‘exemplar’ coaches
As an Alumni we enjoy listening and learning from the experts. In particular, Open Door has a reputation of introducing and exposing our Alumni to international speakers and leaders in the field of workplace coaching. This presentation celebrat...
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Coaching demonstration - bringing the ICF Core Competencies to life
Firstly, thanks to all of you who joined us for our SUPER TUESDAY International Coaching Week events and for all your feedback. We hope that you learned and celebrated as much as week did, as we listened to the pioneers in coaching academic res...
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Coaching Agreements – going beyond what do you want to achieve?
We know that every coaching session needs to include the question ‘what do you want to achieve?’ (or some form of that question). We are taught that from day one of our coaching education. And from an ICF Core Comp...
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What is a coaching mindset?
Developing a coaching mindset is a key outcome of all coaching programs. We want people to walk out of coach training program having developed a coaching mindset…or least being open to a coaching mindset or on their way. And it’s not som...
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Ethics in coaching – the instant ‘fail’ at any level of ICF credential
In the assessment of a coaching demonstration (known as the ICF Performance Evaluation) across the different levels of ICF credential, the competency of ‘Demonstrates Ethical Practice’ clearly states what a ‘fail’ would look like – that is, whe...
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Ethics in coaching – the importance of values
Over the past few weeks in our Coaching Café we’ve been out exploring the ‘wild west’ of coaching. In particular, the use of AI in Coaching.This week in our Coaching Cafe we return to our core, by kicking off a new theme around the ‘ICF Cor...
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Will AI replace us as coaches?
We hope you had a refreshing and energising break! This week in our Coaching Cafe Podcast we summarise our discussion on the use of AI in Coaching, including: the pros and cons of AI; how the use of AI can make our coaching b...
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What if AI can make my coaching better? Putting AI to the test
‘What if AI can make my coaching better?’, I asked. ‘What would that look like? What difference would that make to my coaching?’. ‘Only one way to find out!’ I thought, ‘let’s put it to the test’.This week in our ...
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The use of AI in Coaching - The HR function and Coaching
‘That resume was clearly written by AI’, said one of our clients recently. ‘The issue is that when the candidate interviewed, they were terrible….that’s where good coaching questions come into it’.Last week we kicked off a new round of ...
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The use of AI in coaching (why we shouldn’t bury our heads in the sand)
In discussing key trends for 2024 in coaching we agreed that the use of AI in coaching is in the top three. Luckily, you do not have to be a ‘technological guru’ to understand how artificial intelligence is influencing coaching, and we f...
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Burnout - what are we actually doing?
In discussing key trends for 2024 in coaching we agreed that prevalence of mental health concerns and burnout in the workplace will be a major concern. In addition, the legislative response that enshrines the ‘right to disconnect’.&nb...
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Trends in Coaching 2024
Welcome to the Coaching Café series for 2024!Not long ago we signed off for the year, with a recap on the trends in coaching that we predicated for 2023. And now here we are, gazing into our re-usable coffee cups and thinking abou...
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2023 in Coaching Café’s
Wow where did the year go? It feels like we blinked and now it’s December 😊But we have achieved a lot together as an Alumni. Including: 30 Coaching Café’s, 7 guest speakers, and 20th Birthday celebrations. In addition, we reviewed ...
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How leaders build engagement – exploring positive duty with guest speaker Leisa Bowness
At Open Door we are keen to learn from the leaders in our workplaces who are making a difference. And we continue our conversation this week around building engagement in the workplace, by welcoming back to the Coaching Café, Leisa Bownes...
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