mental health awareness week

Why is it important that coaches understand Mental Health First Aid?

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Why is it important that coaches understand Mental Health First Aid?   At first, I didn’t really understand why it is important that coaches undertake Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).  Or really what was meant when people talk about…

Asking better questions in Performance Management Conversations: How to shift underperformance – Part Three

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Lots of our clients tell us they are struggling to get people to shift into being high performers through coaching. This often comes up when thinking about performance management. It's all very well talking about coaching people to high performance,…
Shiftin underperformance webinar part 2 of 3

Asking better questions in Performance Management Conversations: How to shift underperformance – Part Two

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Lots of our clients tell us they are struggling to get people to shift into being high performers through coaching. This often comes up when thinking about performance management. It's all very well talking about coaching people to high performance,…

Asking better questions in Performance Management Conversations: How to shift underperformance – Part One

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Lots of our clients tell us they are struggling to get people to shift into being high performers through coaching. This often comes up when thinking about performance management. It's all very well talking about coaching people to high performance,…
ineffective questioning coaching cafe

Bad Questions – what makes a question ineffective

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Bad Questions - what's the difference between ineffective questioning, and effective questioning? Check out this webinar recording from one of our regular Coaching Cafe Sessions. In this webinar, we looking at ineffective questioning. In…

Course Re-Accreditation Survey 2019

Collingwood coach, Nathan Buckley, attributes their success to taking a strengths based approach

Collingwood coach, Nathan Buckley, attributes their success to taking a strengths based approach For those of you not in Victoria, it's 'Footy Grand Final Week' here in Open Door's home state and this weekend the Collingwood Magpies take on…
Advanced Coaching Certification

Three Cheers for the Champions of Coaching

Three Cheers for the Champions of Coaching   This week is 'Coaching Week' in Australia! Coach Week is a celebration of 'all things coaching' and for me it holds an extra special piece of significance this  year as this month we celebrate…
Advanced Coaching Certification

Mentoring for High Performance

We are often asked on our programs ‘what’s the difference between coaching and mentoring?’ and many managers realise that what they call ‘coaching’ is actually ‘mentoring’.  In this blog, rather than explore the differences, I…