The Coaching Kool-Aid
Ready to be challenged? Feeling playful? If you’re a coach who’s serious about engaging in reflective practice, or you’re simply interested in taking a look behind the curtains of the coaching profession, come with us as we bite into the juicy fruit of this intriguing, complex, and totally unregulated industry. In each episode we’ll look at a different concept used within coaching, and playfully unpack both its problems and its utility.
Episodes
15 episodes
In Conversation with Michael Steger
Curious about meaning and purpose? In this episode we speak with Professor Michael Steger of Colorado State University. Michael has spent his life in a state of both scepticism and curiosity – a perfect combination – and today he talks to us ab...
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47:27
In Conversation with Erik de Haan
This special episode of the Coaching Kool-Aid is brought to you all the way from Boston, MA, where we sat down with the charming and insightful Erik de Haan, keynote speaker at the IOC’s Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference. E...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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21:43
In Conversation with Alison Hodge
Today we are in conversation with Dr Alison Hodge, coaching supervisor to executive coaches across Australia, South East Asia, the United States, Europe and the UK. We discuss Alison’s approach to supervision and the common pressures she sees f...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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36:24
In Conversation with Reinhard Stelter
In today’s episode we’re in conversation with Dr Reinhard Stelter, professor and head of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen. Witness the ‘with-ness’ as Dr Stelter tells us why he prefers the term ‘lingering’ to ‘coachi...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:23
In Conversation with Paul Lawrence
Today we're speaking with Dr Paul Lawrence, whose latest research focuses on systemic coaching. As such, he suggests some important questions for anyone to ask themselves before brandishing the badge of “systemic coach”. Paul is Principle...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:35
In Conversation with David Drake
This special episode of the Coaching Kool-Aid is recorded live from the University of Sydney’s Evidence-Based Coaching Conference, where we chat with Dr David Drake – founder of Narrative Coaching – and pick his brain about his unique approach....
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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19:09
In Conversation with Tatiana Bachkirova
Today we’re in lock-down with the charming Professor Tatiana Bachkirova of Oxford Brookes University. Tatiana describes what she terms ‘beautiful ideas in coaching which can make us ill’. We also hear about the need for us all – wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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27:37
In Conversation with Erik de Haan
This special episode of the Coaching Kool-Aid is brought to you all the way from Boston, MA, where we sat down with the charming and insightful Erik de Haan, keynote speaker at the IOC’s Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference. E...
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21:43
Coaching Tales from the Dark Side
In the final episode for the season, we take a look at some fascinating research on the potential negative effects of coaching on clients, coaches, and organisations. From decreased life-satisfaction to feelings of love, you may be surprised at...
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34:57
McMindfulness? Part Two
In part two of our series on mindfulness, we continue to look at some ways in which these practices have been used as tools of manipulation, including by military forces past and present. Our discussion then moves to the topic of mindfulness...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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37:24
McMindfulness? Part One
What’s the difference between meditation and mindfulness? And are these practices really as harmless and user-friendly as we are told? In the first of this two-part episode on mindfulness, we’re joined by Dr Alex Norman of Western Sydney Uni...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:33
The Positivity Problem
What could possibly be wrong with positivity? Come on ladies, you’re pushing it too far now. Perhaps, but we dare you to come inside and see what unfolds. In this episode, we cover emotional vocabulary, death, long-haul flights with multiple...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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46:04
Who’s Responsible for Resilience?
What does it mean to be resilient? Is it working an 80 hour week, turning up when you’re sick or behaving as though a setback has not completely rocked your world? Or is it going to bed instead of answering emails or spending time with your ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:37
Search for the Authentic Self
The Internet is full of coaches advertising their services to help you find your ‘authentic self’ (maybe it’s just under the couch), or to ‘unlock its power’ (sounds risky, why was it imprisoned in the first place?). In this episode, we look...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:56
The Myth of the Mindset Switch
Have you ever been told to “change your mindset”, only to feel baffled as to what this actually means? In Episode 1 of the Coaching Kool-Aid, we look at the myth of the ‘mindset switch’, where this idea came from, and how we might use it mor...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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