Mini: Your Focus

This week's mini episode is challenging your to be aware of where you are putting your focus...

Details and show notes at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/087

Interview: Tracy Sinclair, PCC

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Tracy Sinclair.  Tracy is an executive coach, coach trainer, coach mentor, coach supervisor and much much more!  And if that wasn’t enough, Tracy also serves on global board of the ICF.   In our conversation we talked about her own journey from working in the financial services industry by day, whilst supporting drug and alcohol addicts and their families as a counsellor at night; how she then discovered coaching; her own beliefs and thoughts around the potential for coaching to really impact societal change; right through to her writing a book that aims to bring the new ICF competencies to life – and much more!

I really enjoyed this interview.  The depth, the richness and in some ways, how passionate Tracy is for the coaching profession.  ‘Evangelic’ is a word that pops up during this interview;  and it does seem very fitting.  

Full details and show notes can be found: https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/086

Mini: Right Now!

Building on last week’s episode where I talked about visioning and dreaming, and then adding in the other two states of resisting and reflecting, I realised this week that there was another state missing:  right now!  Listen to learn more about this week’s challenge! 

Full details:  https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/085

Mini: Visioning & Dreaming

In this week’s mini episode: When you think about the words ‘dreaming’ and ‘visioning’ – what comes up?  And as you think about the differences, which is it that you do most of?

Full details and further information can be found at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/084

Mini: Waking Up

How do you start your day when the alarm goes off?  This week’s mini episode is all about being curious about what happens in that moment and seeing whether you can choose to respond with a different thought.

Full details can be found at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/083

Mini: Energy

This week's challenge is all about energy and noticing what drains or recharges your own internal battery.

Full details and show notes can be found at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/082

Mini: Metaphors

Metaphors are something that we use, probably unconsciously, all the time.  They’re an essential part of us and can give insights into our inner workings.  Take a simple question: how are you feeling?  Do you respond metaphorically or with a descriptive feeling.  The challenge this week is become conscious of your own metaphors and start to explore them.  Have a bit of fun!

Find out more at https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/081

Mini: Kurt Lewin & Behaviours Equation

Kurt Lewin, a 20^th century phycologist came up with an equations for behaviours.  He proposed that our behaviours are a function of our person and our environment.  Given the change to our environments in recent times, what, if anything, have you noticed about changes in your behaviour?

Full show notes, transcript and further information can be found on the show page:

https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/080

Let me know how you get on!

Mini: Positive and Negative Emotions

Have you ever noticed how we, and others, tend to apply a judgement to emotions;  that they’re positive or negative.  This week’s challenge, with the help of a battery and a light, is to be curious about what this really means and whether it’s really helpful or not.

Full show notes, transcript and further information can be found on the show page:

https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/079

Let me know how you get on!

Interview: Jean François Cousin, MCC

Welcome to the latest full-length episode of The Curious Coach Podcast during which I had the pleasure of interviewing Jean François Cousin, an executive coach based in Thailand.  In 2019 he was the chair of the global board of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  In 2015 he published a book called Game Changers at the Circus:  How Leaders Can Unleash Greatness in Their Organisations.  Along the way, he’s also logged over 12,000 hours coaching!

In this extensive interview we’ll hear about some of the mistakes and learnings that he made along the way, the importance of authenticity, finding your niche, how he came to be involved with the ICF and how he missed out on a dream gig which would have involved coaching in the Maldives.  We’ll also hear his thoughts on the future of coaching and how this may be disrupted by technology such as AI.  In fact, we covered a lot! 

Full show notes, and further information can be found on the show page:

https://stephenclements.ie/podcast/078