The Coaching Cafe Podcast
The latest thinking from Australia's leading Organisational Coaching specialist, Open Door Coaching.
Released weekly on Tuesdays the Coaching Cafe is presented by Dr Natalie Ashdown an MCC accredited coach.
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Episodes
136 episodes
October Recap!
This week, a short message from Natalie recaping the past couple of weeks of the Coaching Cafe Podcast. We will be back next week with a new Coaching Cafe Podcast! Also shiny new podcast logo! oooooo, let us know what you think via ...
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"Knowledge" in '25 ICF Competencies
As you will be aware the ICF Core Competencies have been revised and during the Coaching Cafe Podcasts we have been diving deeper into some of the more thought-provoking changes. Some are simple to understand, while others invite us—as coaches—...
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Coaching Philosophy!? What is it?
What is your coaching philosophy? A deeper dive into the ICF Core Competency changes Recently, we shared the significant updates to the
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Safety in the work place - Psycological Safety
How coaching enables psychological safety in the workplace This week on the coaching cafe podcast, as part of our focus on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, we’re exploring the powerful link between coac...
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Talking About Mental Health - The Barriers
Last Friday was World Mental Health Day!We want to acknowledge that you—or someone you know—may be experiencing challenges with mental health. We recognise that as leaders, coaches, colleagues and friends, we all have a role to pl...
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'25 Update of ICF Core Competencies
This week on the Podcast! The new ICF Core Competencies have just been released, reflecting how coaching practice has evolved ...
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Coaching in action MCC - Part 2
In the Coaching Café Podcast last week, we listened to the first half of a coaching demonstration focused on the highest level of coaching competency - the MCC level of coaching. We invited you to tune in deeply—listening for presence, p...
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Coaching in action at the MCC level (Part 1)
This week on the Coaching Café Podcast , we are continuing our deep dive into our coaching practice with another coaching demonstration—this time we have the privilege of listening to coaching at the highest level of ICF credential, an <...
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Coaching in action – PCC Level Demonstration (Part 2)
In the Coaching Café Podcast last week, we listened to the first half of a coaching demonstration focused on the PCC level of coaching competency. We invited you to tune in deeply—listening for presence, partnership, curiosity, evoking a...
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Coaching in action – listen for PCC-level competencies (Part - 1)
This week in the Coaching Café Podcast, we are continuing our deep dive into our coaching practice with another coaching demonstration—where we are particularly listening for PCC-level coaching competencies. This is yo...
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Coaching in action – listen to a coaching demonstration (Part 2).
Last week, we invited you to sit back, tune in, and listen to a coaching demonstration—a real conversation designed to bring the ICF Core Competencies to life. We listened to and debriefed the first half of the coaching session.&n...
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Coaching in Action - Listen to a coaching demonstration (Part 1)
Over the past few Coaching Cafés, we’ve explored the ICF Core Competencies through the lens of assessment: what competent coaching looks like at ACC and PCC levels, and what can lead to an instant fail. Over the next f...
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The instant fail: What to avoid in coaching conversations
So far in this Coaching Café series, we’ve explored what competent coaching looks like at the ACC and PCC levels. In this Podcast, we’re flipping the perspective and asking an equally important question: Wh...
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Taking it up a level: Exploring PCC-level coaching competency
Last week we kicked off our new Coaching Café season by exploring what competent coaching looks like at the ACC level. This week, we’re taking it up a notch as we unpack PCC-level coaching—and what it truly means to coach...
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Are you a competent coach? Exploring the ACC Level.
After focusing on how we coach others in the past series, we’re now turning the lens inward. In this new Coaching Café series, we shift the focus to our own coaching development - starting with a deep dive into the ACC level of...
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Bringing It Home Strong - Performance conversations
Over the past few weeks, we’ve focused our Coaching Café series on one of the most critical leadership and coaching opportunities: annual performance conversations. We’ve explored: ✔️ How performance conversations ca...
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Rainbows and Lollipops and Shifting under performance
Recently, during a workshop, a manager said what many others are thinking: “It’s not all rainbows and lollipops. What if they are under performing? What do you do then?” The frustration was real, and it is common. This ...
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Coaching for tricky performance conversations
We continue our focus on annual performance review season in this week’s Coaching Café Podcast and how these conversations can build engagement in the workplace. So far, we’ve shared frameworks and tips to set up conversations for success
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Getting a 36% uplift in performance from quality performance conversations
Performance conversations aren’t just a HR requirement – they are an opportunity to drive real engagement. Research shows that when managers focus on strengths during performance conversations, it can lead to a 36.5...
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International Coach Week Interview: Hayley Goldsmith
International Coach Week: Your chance to hear from an inspirational leader This year, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) marks its 30th anniversary – 30 years of inspiring change through coaching and se...
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Performance Reviews: Coaching Changes Everything
Is the annual performance conversation season a chance to turn around engagement? Last week kicked off our new Coaching Café Podcast series by unpacking the newly released Gallup State of the Global Workplace Report for 20...
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Gallup 2025: engagement matters - how coaching helps
The Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2025 report has just landed. Call us nerds, but we dropped everything to download it. Like many, we ho...
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ANZAC Day Reflection
This week Natalie reflects on ANZAC day. For those unfamiliar with the day, ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and the day commemorates the 25th of April 1915, the day the Anzac's landed in Gallipoli in the 1st w...
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