There can be many pitfalls and costs in life should we ignore confronting problems. When life gets too hard, we can't always see or don’t always want to see what we need to do to address the aspects of our life that aren't working for us. In this article, Thrive Ontological Coach and Facilitator Louise Smallwood discusses this issue and how things improve when we shift from being a passenger in life to intentionally looking at and addressing these areas.

Do you look away when life gets too hard?

The feeling of being not good enough can cripple anyone’s ability to achieve the results they want. It is important not to ignore these doubts but to respond to and acknowledge them in the right way. In this article, leadership, results and effectiveness coach Markus O. Winzer shares his experiences with self-doubt and the lessons that supported him in overcoming them.

“Am I good enough?”: The impact our stories have on our performance

While choosing to become a coach is a personal decision, the path to becoming one is best walked with the help and support of others. In this article, John Smallwood, Coach Principal of Engenesis Coach Academy, recounts some of the challenges and choices he made on his coaching journey, and how working with others was so crucial to his success in becoming the coach he is today.

Starting the journey to become a coach

When times get tough, don’t ignore the problem, give in to the temptation to distract yourself, or blame others for what’s gone wrong. In this article, leadership coach John Williams makes the case for a vision, mission and purpose to keep your motivation strong and rally support around you through the inevitable challenges of aiming high.

How to stay motivated when the going gets tough

Approaching life from the perspective that you can change and don’t need to be a set way is a powerful shift for leaders and the emerging generation. In this article, ontological coach Lucy Faulconer shows that if you accept what you believe are fixed character traits, you will deny yourself the opportunity to ever transform yourself as a leader or a person of influence.

Want to change your life but feel trapped by your fixed traits?

Great leaders not only advocate coaching, but they also actively participate in coaching their internal teams. In this article, John Smallwood, Coach Principal at Engenesis Coach Academy, explains the benefits of being a coach leader within an organisation and offers insights into becoming one and finding the appropriate assessment tool to use when coaching.

Coaching as a leader

Lucy Faulconer is an experienced ontological leadership coach with a degree in Psychology and an extensive background in management consulting. In this article, she shares the learning journey and career path she embarked on that led her to go beyond behavioural change and cognitive approaches in psychology to an ontological approach that focuses on who and how we are being.

Why I went from changing people’s behaviour to transforming their ways of Being

In this article, well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel explores a critical question relating to who and how we are being in the world. Is contribution a two-way street? And if so, what are some of the challenges we face in accepting support from others? This article also reveals how contribution as a way of being supports us in manifesting our Unique Being – the person we were born to be – to the world.

Why do we resist the contribution of others?

There are hundreds if not thousands of profiling tools used by coaches worldwide. In this article, John Smallwood, Master Coach and Coach Principal of the Engenesis Coach Academy, explains the value of profiling tools and why he recommends them to coaches and clients alike. He also reveals the profiling tool he chooses to use with every one of his clients and five key benefits it delivers.

Why use a profiling tool as a coach?

While finding the right coach can be an adventure in itself, the results of coaching are often profound and life changing. In this article, John Smallwood, Coach Principal and Master Coach of the Engenesis Coach Academy, provides some insights into how to look for, select and engage the appropriate coach for you.

How to choose the ‘right’ coach

While skill shortages are nothing new for the ICT sector, the Great Resignation has hit this industry hard, exacerbating an already challenging situation with increased instability and substantial salary hikes. Companies seeking to lure new staff are having to dig deeper financially and enhance their packages with a range of benefits and enticing work practices. While these can definitely help attract and retain the talent you need, Technology Leadership Coach Caroline New believes it’s also i...

Surviving and thriving through the Great Resignation

As coaches, we are on a mission to support leaders in all aspects of life – from business and wealth to relationships and health  – to become more effective leaders. There are several options available to us today to support our coachees effectively and identify progress. We can use methodical assessments, such as psychometric tests, profiling tools, etc., or we can follow our intuition. So which one should we tap into? Or is there a more effective way – one that avoids putting people in b...