The Coaching Inn

S2 Episode 39: Why Coaching is Like Jazz and Pizza with Tunçel Gülsoy

Today, Claire is talking with coach and Jazz lover Tunçel Gülsoy about making coaching our own and why it's like Jazz. And Pizza.

We talk about Frank Barrett's book about leadership and Jazz - Yes to the Mess 

• Coaching is a conversation that raises awareness and leads to action.
• Jazz music teaches us the importance of adapting and improvising in life.
• Coaches should come together and create a social awareness for the world.
• Leadership is about sharing responsibility and adapting to different situations.
• Coaching is not just about making money, but about helping people and finding meaning in life.

Contact Tunçel through Linked In

 

Keywords

coaching, jazz, improvisation, music, adaptability, leadership, cooperation, dialogue, generation gap, social awareness

 

S2 Episode 38: Coaching Lessons from The Camino with Claire Pedrick

In today's episode, 3D's new managing partner Su Blanch talks to Claire (who isn't leaving) about some of what she is learning from her Camino across Spain. It's also a great demonstration of coaching!

 

Takeaways

• The Camino was a promise, a walk, and a fundraiser.
• We hadn't really taken seriously what it was we were going to do.
• You can't really think about walking 600 kilometers.
• Every morning we got up, we did it.
• No backsies means you can't go back.
• You have to be really sensible when injured.
• The depth of connection is built quickly when sharing experiences.
• You have to trust the process and work it out as you go. Not everyone desires the same experiences, but mutual giving and receiving can be beautiful.
• Talking it out helps clarify thoughts and feelings.
• Gratitude for the people encountered along the journey is profound.
• The enormity of experiences often becomes clearer in hindsight.
• Feeling seen by others is a powerful experience.
• Being recognized as a pilgrim fosters a sense of belonging.
• The journey is about personal capacity, not material possessions.
• Mastery in coaching is akin to being a pilgrim—always learning and evolving.
• Unconsented coaching can lead to feelings of absence in relationships.
• Deepening learning can come from experiences beyond traditional knowledge.

 

Claire's back in the host chair from next week!

If you'd like to sponsor Claire and friends, it's never too late to go to https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/caminarconamigos600 We are delighted to have added £300 to their pot when we gave 10% of online bookings to the pot in September.

 

Keywords

Camino, coaching, personal growth, adventure, relationships, injuries, lessons learned, flexibility, self-discovery, pilgrimage, Camino, pilgrimage, coaching, identity, learning, gratitude, community, connection, personal growth, reflection

 

 

S2 Episode 37: Leading through Uncertainty with Jude Jennison

In today’s episode, Claire Pedrick MCC talks with leadership and team coach Jude Jennison about her latest book Leading through Uncertainty.  She’s published a 2nd edition to integrate learning from leaders managing through the pandemic. We talk about control, naming fear and more…

 

Jude has extensive experience in organisations. Having overcome her fear of horses, Jude works with leaders and her own horses to explore how to navigate leadership by managing our own emotions. No role play with Jude - just instant feedback from the horses.

 

Jude is open to speaking to team coaches who would like to bring teams they work with to her farm in North Staffordshire.

 

Contact Jude through

• Her website www.judejennison.com
• Linked In

 

Keywords

coaching, leadership, uncertainty, horses, empathy, change management, emotional intelligence, team development, trust, personal growth

 

S2 Episode 32: Using Coaching with Patients in Health Care with Ben Jeeves

In Conversation with Ben Jeeves - Using a Coaching Style with Patients

 

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is in conversation with Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Ben Jeeves.  Claire met Ben on one of 3D’s Building a Coaching Culture (Transforming Conversations) courses.  Today they talk about the differences that a coaching style has made to the way that Ben works with patients.

‘It’s easily embedded into your professional life’

 

takeaways

• Coaching can be a powerful tool in healthcare conversations, empowering patients and helping them realize their own answers.
• Coaching is not limited to clinical work and can be applied in leadership and project management roles.
• Coaching brings a future focus and optimism to conversations, even in challenging situations.
• Noticing and being conscious of power dynamics is important in both patient consultations and leadership roles.
• Coaching can be easily embedded into professional life and can have a positive impact on both individuals and organizations.

 

If you’re working in health care and would like to talk with Ben, he’s on Twitter @bjeeves and Linked In

 

keywords

 

coaching, physiotherapy, musculoskeletal care, conversations, patients, empowerment, leadership, project management, healthcare

S3 Episode 35 In the Arena: Gratitude with Amadu Koroma

Amadu Koroma is a fitness professional who works with professional athletes and stressed out leaders to help them achieve top performance by balancing their physical and mental health. In this episode we explore the important role gratitude plays in living a healthy and fulfilling life. We touch on the importance of movement, getting out of our comfort zones, listening and much much more - we hope you enjoy the listen. 

 

To find out more about Amadu and his work you can follow him on: 

• LinkedIn 
• Instagram

 

And for more resources on gratitude please explore the following links: 

 

Watch:

• A Grateful Day with Brother David Steindl-Rast - Gratefulness.org
• Grateful Voices - kristie Nelson
• Heal
• Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast Ted Talk

Read and Listen

• Leading Towards Gratitude Read Cultivating -( 7 dimensions of wellbeing)
• Wake Up Grateful: Kristie Nelson 
• The Book of Joy 
• Thich Nhat Hanh- Zen and The Art of Saving the Planet

 

Act

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them”

• Journaling - Affirmations
• Exercises
• Walking Meditation
• Random act of kindness
• Send an old friend a message or someone going through tough time

Ponder 

Grateful Network

 

Keywords

coaching, gratitude, leadership, self-care, well-being, feedback, time management, movement, personal development, mental health

 

S3 Episode 35 In the Arena: Equity with Roxana Bacian

Many of us feel committed to having more equitable relationships, teams or organisations and communities - but don’t know where to start, how we are doing it well and we sometimes underestimate the emotional labour of living and working in this way. 

 

In this episode we were delighted to invite Roxana Bacian ‘In The Arena’ to talk about her journey in working, coaching and connecting in more equitable ways - the hope she sees and some of the challenges involved. At the time of recording, she identified as Iacob.

 

Roxana (She/her) started her career as a graphic designer, trained in service design and worked on projects focused on improving public services. Roxana later trained as a coach and has focused her practice on developing a coaching practice where people experience equal and empowering relationships, especially when they have experienced deeply oppressive systems and relationships before.

 

Roxana gave us some great WRAP recommendations for you to delve deeper: 

1. Watch: Disclosure - Documentary on trans representation in the media
2. Read: Huddlecraft newsletter  - A CIC galvanizing the power of peer-to-peer learning.
3. Audio: Poetry Unbound - A respite from the work, words to encompass the immensity, the grief, the grind, the joy.
4. Ponder: Who can you do this work together with?

And if you want to learn more about the work of Civil Rights Activist John Lewis and getting in good trouble this video clip gives you some headlines and from here you can delve deeper.

You can connect with Roxana in the following ways: 

Enjoy the episode!

 

Keywords:

coaching, equity, leadership, power dynamics, humility, self-care, emotional labour, personal experiences, community, learning

S3 Episode 34 In the Arena: Creativity with Harriet McDougall

Creativity is one of those words that either gets people jumping for joy or running in the opposite direction! In this episode of In the Arena, Kirsty Elderton is with artist, illustrator, service design and trainee psychotherapist Harriet McDougall who talks us through the creative process - what helps, what hinders, how to get over those creative blocks - and we ponder how coaching is at its heart a creative process.  

 

In this weeks WRAP, Harriet gave us some great recommendations: 

 

Watch -I sneakily added seven Netlfix documentaries that fuel creativity 

Read - David Epstein’s book - Range  how generalists succeed in a specialised worlds

Audio/listen to - The Blind Boy Podcast

Ponder - am I bringing a “give it a try mindset”

 

To connect with Harriet you can: 

• Connect on Linked in 
• See some of Harriet’s beautiful artwork on Instagram

Harriet’s comics on her website plus a bunch of other wonderful things!

 

Keywords

coaching, creativity, leadership, psychological safety, playfulness, innovation, constraints, vulnerability, failure, personal development

S2 Episode 33 In the Arena: Empathy with Carolina Gaitan

Empathy is a much used word - but what does it really mean to display empathy and what is the cost? In this episode of In the Arena Carolina Gaitan taked with Kirsty Elderton and describes her leadership journey, the role that empathy has played and how empathy for self is perhaps one of the kindest things you can do for yourself. 

 

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking about all things empathy. 

 

The WRAP 

To delve deeper into this subject Carolina recommended: 

 

Something to: 

• Watch - The Pixar Movie - UP and if you don’t fancy watching the movie, this article summarises one of the most powerful scenes beautifully.
• Read - It’s harder to empathise with people if you’ve been in their shoes
• Audio - something to listen to - Daniel Goldman on Emotional Intelligence featured on Oprah’s Super Soul
• Practice - empathy to self and self compassion.

If you want to connect with Carolina you can find her on Linked In. 

 

Keywords

coaching, empathy, leadership, self-awareness, vulnerability, cultural context, self-care, emotional intelligence, personal growth, professional development

 

 

S2 Episode 32 In the Arena: Adapting with Kamal Ibrahim

While Claire is on sabbatical, join our guest host Kirsty Elderton as she listens to Kamal Ibrahim's experience in the arena.

Kamal Ibrahim migrated from Ethiopia with his family in 2003 at the age of 12 to escape civil war.-At that time, Kamal spoke no English and experienced all of the challenges that accompany settling into a new country, community and culture.

Kamal turned his passion for soccer into a way of communicating and connecting into his new environment. Kamal first  played at his local club, progressed through the leagues and went on to play professional soccer, made appearances in the Socceroos - the Australian men’s football team.

Kamal has since combined his love of soccer and his experiences of moving countries into a not for profit program called One Ball–that supports children and young people with their physical and mental health through sport.

Kamal will be sharing the highs and lows of his journey and how being adaptable has served him well, the importance of this quality for our young people and how he integrates transformational coaching conversations into his work as a soccer coach. 

 

To learn more about Kamal and One Ball visit the oneball website

Follow on

• Facebook
• Linked in 
• Instagram (it is very hard not to smile at these photos!)

keywords

coaching, leadership, adaptability, soccer, resilience, cultural differences, youth development, personal growth, non-profit, community impact

Disaster Ethics in Coaching with Kirsty Elderton

Today Claire Pedrick MCC is talking to Kirsty Elderton about disaster ethics

What do you need to be thinking about?

• Scenario
• Clients
• Action
• Reflection

Takeaways

• Disaster ethics involves pre-planning for ethical decisions.
• The fight, flight, freeze response can hinder clear thinking.
• Coaching is largely unregulated, which presents risks.
• Supervision is crucial for ethical decision-making.
• Values clashes can complicate coaching relationships.
• Reflection on ethical decisions is essential for growth.
• Understanding one's ethical style is important.
• Scenarios help prepare for unexpected ethical dilemmas.
• Coaching can intersect with leadership qualities.
• The people we coach can teach us about ethics.

Claire's off on her long walk next week, walking 600km with friends across northern Spain. Follow their progress on their Facebook page. If you'd like to donate, you can do that through Just Giving. 

 

Contact Kirsty via Linked In

 

Keywords

coaching, disaster ethics, ethical decision-making, supervision, young people, personal values, leadership, coaching practice, ethical dilemmas, coaching supervision