The vast majority of those who have heard of coaching but also many of those who have benefited from coaching services do not know what coaching is (2022 Global Consumer Awareness Study). Coaching is (ICF definition) “Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize…

When I pursued my ambitions alone, sometimes I was successful, sometimes not. When I worked with a coach, I was always successful. I have always tended to do everything I set out to do on my own, to work solely on my development, and pursue my professional ambitions myself. Only…

Awareness and attention control At the neurophysiological level, awareness is a process that takes almost 1 second (about 900ms). With training, an individual can become aware of more things in this first second than usual. Professional coaching increases the client’s awareness in a subtle way. This article aims at explaining the benefits of higher…

Any stool needs at least three legs. What emerges when you alchemically combine motivation, vision, and strategy? An aligned stool. Life’s stool. I used to sit on this kind of three-legged stools when I was young. My grandparents had these and we would all sit on them, gathered around a round table. The stools were also round…

How can masterful executive coaching unlock creativity in an executive leader? What are the specific competencies of an ICF master coach helping his clients become more creative? An integral definition of creativity People already wrote everything about inner creativity, creative spirit, innovation within organizations, etc. In 2016 I elaborated the theory of “integral creativity and…

In any health issue, there are symptoms anyone can see and symptoms only the patient can see. There’s a saying: “When everyone tells you’re drunk, you should go to sleep.” A patient should go to the doctors when his symptoms coincide with the symptoms anyone can see. Let’s see what…

“A riverbed is structured in such a way that the water flows along a path of least resistance. As more water is added, the flow gains momentum, and the general force of all the water moving along that structure increases.” (Robert Fritz, The path of least resistance, Butterworth Heinemann…

This is a list of findings confirmed by my several tens of leaders I coached during the last years. It is not prescriptive, nor is it exhaustive. It’s just another list meant to make you ponder your motivations (A.), ideals (B.) and means from A. to B. in your career. …

During my last 4 years of corporate training and business coaching on innovation I’ve seen and heard more than 1,500 employees and managers complaining about innovation not working within their environment. This is what I found: #1. not really listening to new ideas, #2. rules instead of limits, #3. forcing versus liberating. Stop doing all these 3 in order to have your employees love innovating. #1. Not really listening to new ideas.