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Stress Management and Coaching with Prof Stephen Palmer

Whilst we are publicising upcoming events, there is going to be a really great professional development event for coaches who are interested in helping their clients better manage their stress and anxiety. I (David) met Stephen at last year’s Coaching Psychology Conference in London and invited him out to Australia on behalf of the APS [...]

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Tips for Coaching Managers

I wrote the short article below for a client’s in-house publication. I resurrect it here after being part of a discussion during an AHRI workshop on the differences between coaches and mentors. My contribution was to the effect that managers shouldn’t try to be a coach (noun) but they certain need to coach (verb). I [...]

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Leadership Debate

One of my roles outside of Insight & Influence is as the NSW Co-ordinator of the Australian Psychological Society’s Interest Group in Coaching Psychology (IGCP). In this capacity, I organised a public debate between Randal (my partner here at I&I) and Peter Zarris, the National Convenor of IGCP on leadership. The publicity blurb for the [...]

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My favourite authors

A good place to start in understanding someone is to check out their library. What you read often becomes what you think. At the very least it is part of the web of influence on one’s thinking and approach to their work. So I thought I’d start my blog proper by listing some of my [...]

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