Expert’s ideas

To be effective at Executive level a good coach needs a mix of senior corporate experience and psychological mindedness. In his 2003 book entitled 'Leadership Coaching' Graham Lee suggests: 'Coaches with a strong psychological background but who lack corporate knowledge and awareness tend to turn coaching into therapy. Conversely coaches from a corporate background who lack psychological-mindedness may fail to engage with personal issues and focus too heavily on skills acquisition and problem solving'

A fundamental premise in all Gestalt work is that through heightened awareness people can more readily organise themselves into new ways of seeing and acting.

Leadership Coaching

• Personal Leadership
• Team Leadership

Executive Development

• Personal
• Professional

Team Development

Performance Coaching

• Individual
• Team

Career Transition

Philanthropy Coaching

Issue Resolution

Walk and Talk Coaching

Strengths Coaching

Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.
Positive Psychology has three central concerns: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. Understanding positive emotions entails the study of contentment with the past, happiness in the present, and hope for the future. Understanding positive individual traits consists of the study of the strengths and virtues, such as the capacity for love and work, courage, compassion, resilience, creativity, curiosity, integrity, self- knowledge, moderation, self- control, and wisdom. Understanding positive institutions entails the study of the strengths that foster better communities, such as justice, responsibility, civility, parenting, nurturance, work ethic, leadership, teamwork, purpose, and tolerance.

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

At Ignite we take a positive approach to our coaching with a firm commitment to the principles of unconditional positive regard. We seek to appreciate 'what is' in the Gestalt tradition and look to build on strengths in individuals and teams.

Recommended reading:
'Learned Optimism' by Martin Seligman
'Positivity' by Barbara Freidrickson
'Positive Psychology' by Alan Carr