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Earlier this year, the International Coaching Federation published the findings from their 2023 Global Coaching Study. In this article, Barefoot’s Managing Director Andy Chandler PCC shares his reflections on what makes for encouraging reading for the global coaching community. The long-awaited International Coaching Federation’s (ICF) Global Coaching Study 2023 is here.
As leading experts in coaching and coach training, we have expanded our range of accredited coaching services with the launch of our first Leader as Coach Programme. Leaders and managers from across the world in a variety of organisations and sectors who are looking to build stronger, more productive teams
Pride month has now ended and in true ‘door handle moment’ fashion, I’ve waited until the very last opportunity to share the thing I’ve been wanting to share all June. Here’s the thing…I’ve had an unhappy relationship with my body for as long as I can remember (more on that
A couple of days ago I was interviewed on live TV. It was an exciting and challenging new experience for me. No green room, no hair and makeup. Just 10 seconds to run into the studio, get on the sofa and straight into the 5-minute interview. Today, thinking about it objectively,
“Everyone else is better than me. I am not as good as people think I am, and I am going to get found out.” Does this sound familiar? Impostor Syndrome is a psychological pattern that leads individuals to doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as a “fraud.” It can
Last week, my therapist was talking to me about an academic paper entitled ‘Bearing the Unbearable’. I heard ‘Baring the Unbare-able’ It made me think about how “baring” our souls – sharing our fears, our anxieties with another – can lighten the burdens we are bearing. Sometimes, what we have
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