For what reason should every manager receive coaching training?
Many people who ask us about coaching training want an answer to the question, “and what will this coaching give me (or […]
Coach on vacation, or what to do and what to give up while on vacation
The vacation season is underway, so keeping with the summer atmosphere, let’s consider how to tame our coaching egos during the vacations. […]
What motivated you to become a mentor?
Being a professional mentor is a difficult and demanding task: time, energy, giving of yourself and working on yourself. The reward, in […]
Anyone can become a mentor, but…
You ask: “Who can be a mentor?” My answer is: “Everyone, but not everyone will be comfortable in this role.” And this […]
Are women any different – true or false?
Two trends are often at war with each other in conversations about differences, including those related to gender. The first one says […]
How to talk about coaching so as not to frighten clients or employees?
Coaching language is a niche language, created by development enthusiasts and not always understood by our clients. What can be done to […]
How to advise and not give advice?
Wondering how to teach mentee creative self-reflection and build their own solutions? Very important in being a mentor is sensing the difference […]
Intuition in mentoring? Don’t be led up a blind alley
Asking for the opinion of others, you may encounter the statement that being a mentor is a cinch, a piece of cake, […]
Striving for perfection, or how (not) to be the perfect mentor
How much do you feel the need for personal development? Do you feel that you are fulfilling your role perfectly, but are […]
List of challenges you will face when becoming a coach
While there are certainly many paths to becoming a coach, two are definitely more common than others. Each of them has different […]
How do you grow as a mentor?
It is not enough to be a mentor. In order to succeed in this role – as in any other – it […]
The evolution of coaching: How is artificial intelligence changing the rules of the game?
Wondering what impact artificial intelligence will have on our profession? What does the development of technology and the introduction of AI into […]
Leaders’ challenges: How do you help employees find meaning in their work?
The past year has given everyone a hard time. After months of isolation, stress about the future, and having to change our […]
Those who didn’t attend should regret it – Leadership Trends Summit
On April 18, the first Leadership Trends Summit took place in a hybrid format: stationary – in the Warsaw office of the […]
Why does a coach need supervision?
There are many important elements in a coach's education, it's such a set of interconnected vessels. There is theory, models, techniques, tools, skills, attitude, there are ICF and EMCC competencies, formal rules, process,... You can hear about most of these things in training, in fact, you could learn about them from a book.
How not to make a mistake when deciding to participate in a mentoring program
Your company is launching a mentoring program, or perhaps you have an offer to participate in such a project outside your organization? […]
What does a good mentoring conversation consist of and look like?
If you want to conduct professional mentoring, it is essential to master a conversation technique called catalyzing. It involves asking questions, listening […]
What steps are worth taking to make the company’s mentoring program a success?
What steps are worth taking to make the company’s mentoring program a success? Thinking about organizing a mentoring program at your company? […]
Does every coaching partnership make sense?
How many times in your career have you found yourself not continuing to work with a client for some reason? I have […]
How do you help a client succeed in a new job and not regret the change?
Changing jobs can be a positive experience. It’s often a career advancement and financial advancement at the same time, an experience that […]
How do you know a good mentor?
Did you know that the function of a mentor was already known in ancient times? According to legend, when Odysseus was going […]
A good mentor, that is.
Who is good “material” for a mentor? First of all, it is a person who has experience, wants to share it and […]
Why do people confuse mentoring with coaching?
Working with both mentors and mentees, one may encounter comparisons of mentoring to other methods of development work, and even sometimes interchangeably. […]
When is the best time to become a mentor?
When did the thought of becoming a mentor or mentee first occur to you? Was it linked to a specific event in […]
Is being a mentor for everyone?
In your daily work, do you support others with your experience, knowledge gained over the years and practical tips? Do you do […]
About the “Big Five,” or when does mentoring work?
Mentoring is one of the most effective development tools. But what elements must be met for it to actually work? According to […]
What do women experience in the workplace?
The topic of gender equality in the workplace and bridging the gender gap in terms of, among other things. salaries, promotions, holding […]
Avant-garde in mentoring, or the innovative Wo-mentoring Future UP program
Recent years have been experiencing us as humanity quite a bit. Rapidly changing realities, pandemic, war – all of these make our […]
Truths and myths about work
In two previous articles, I presented the 6 lies and 6 truths about work described by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall in […]
On the lies about work continue
Did you read the previous post about lying about work? Today, another dose of truths and myths, because as it turns out, […]
Professional lies: about goal setting, planning and the impact of organizational culture on talent retention
I like to get inspiration from books, which is why I have absorbed quite a few books on organizational management, leadership and […]
Peer coaching – a smart way to support remote working
It always puzzles me why organizations so rarely turn to peer coaching when they are looking for ways to increase employee engagement. […]
On achieving mastery in coaching
Many novice coaches, thinking about their careers, have a vision in their minds of some “magical” moment when they achieve mastery and […]
On the temptations of simple prescriptions, coachingsulting and how to use your own experience without guruism
Today’s clients are much more demanding of coaching and coaches than they were just a few years ago… because they know more […]
Your first “Coaching Moment”
Do you remember the first time you taught your little brother or sister something? Or did you help a classmate at school? […]
People in change
While I love having a lot of time to prepare, there are times when we decide to participate in a project where […]
What kind of leader should I be now?
Empathy To such a question, managers now answer most often: empathetic. Complementing this with a term attentive to emotions. During the opening […]
Developing by asking
While conducting Action Reflection Learning sessions for managers recently, I was reminded of such a thought that “the hardest part is moving […]
Go to Action (Reflection Learning)!
Time is becoming more valuable, so organizations and leaders are looking for ways to learn and grow faster and more practical. One […]
How do we live in a world we don’t understand?
This is the subtitle of the book “Antiquity” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the bestselling “Black Swan,” in which the author […]
Appreciation
Whatever leadership training or other mentoring or coaching project we do with Kingmakers we always include appreciation. The theme is so universal […]
Measure the change
It’s obvious that we’re having an accelerated change due to the pandemic, but I didn’t think so. The Barrett Values Center (BVC), […]
Internal forces
Have you ever seen a sumo fight? I think at the present time most of us are fighting such a battle. Changes, […]
Take care of your energy
This month on coaching duty I had the opportunity to meet a dozen different people for one-hour one-off sessions. An amazing experience […]
NVC for business
Every client is unique, but sometimes we get clients who are completely unusual, such as those who “order” NVC for business. To […]
Resilience
How is it that in a similar situation, some people handle challenges, stress and pressure brilliantly, for example, and others do not? […]
Freedom of choice
I never thought I would be overstimulated when it comes to learning. Webinars, workshops, trainings, courses – all of these have been […]
Leadership in change
Reading posts and blogs during the pandemic, I see two attitudes: the first – encouraging to look at the crisis as an […]
Online workshops
I spent this year’s birthday training online. This training turned out to be a birthday gift, meeting my new criteria for a […]
Mobilization, integration, cooperation
Already returning from my vacation in Switzerland, I knew that nothing would be the same. The previously reliable Swiss airline canceled our […]
Supervision in coaching
When I think about supervision in coaching I have the impression that everything or almost everything has already been said about it, […]
What is team coaching for?
Kingmakers supports coaches, mentors and leaders. We support leaders both individually and as a team by conducting the processes of team coaching […]
What is really important in coaching?
Many times I have wondered what my coaching is all about, or what is so fascinating about this method that I have […]
