An Empower World newsletter article inspired by our conversation with Sunni Smith, Coach and Supervisor on the Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast

In an increasingly fast-paced and complex world, many leaders and coaches find themselves surrounded by constant communication yet longing for meaningful connection. Conversations happen quickly, decisions are made rapidly, and interactions often skim the surface of what might be the deeper, more complex challenges and opportunities.

While...

An Empower World reflection inspired by a Podcast Conversation with Professor Peter Hawkins, Global Thought Leader, Author, Coach, Chairman of Renewal Associates.

Around the world, leaders are sharing something we hear over and over again: the world feels more complex than ever before. Even highly experienced leaders, practitioners and teams describe a sense of being stretched by environmental shifts, organisational pressures, community needs and the increasing fragility of global systems and t...

If your team keeps circling the same issues, or the team is looking for fresh and powerful insights and thoughts, consider changing the room and environment to the outdoors. Nature can be a powerful way to identify new perspectives and ideas, as well as provide a place that is restorative, energising and alive.

As Paul Jefferies, Professional Team Coach - specialising in coaching outdoors - says, “Nature is part of us. We are part of nature." And when teams reconnect with a wider system, attent...

Have you ever heard a client say, “If I’m structured, I can’t be creative,” or “If I’m kind, I won’t be respected”? These ‘if–then’ rules can narrow our client’s options and slow down momentum in the coaching process. As coaches, listening deeply to our clients’ verbal and non-verbal communication, we listen out for these rules or polarities to support their meaning-making.

In our work, we assist clients or team members to bring their rules out into the ‘light’ (which are perhaps unconscious) t...

Coaching often focuses on the here and now in relation to a client’s inquiry, challenges or aspirations and beneath every coaching inquiry conversation lies a deeper question or impact, which can sometimes feel uncomfortable: what is the ethical ground we stand on? And how do we hold space for our clients to consider the impact of their choices beyond themselves?

As a professional coach and supervisor, researcher, author, and community builder, Eve Turner shares: “Ethics is the heart of everyth...

As a coach, have you ever found yourself frustrated by the very framework designed to support you as a coach? Many practitioners - whether newly trained or working towards advanced credentialing - admit they sometimes experience the coaching competencies as limiting.

In our mentoring and supervision practice at Empower World, we often hear comments like: “I feel like I’m just ticking boxes,” or “The competencies don’t fit my style. I don't feel free to coach naturally."

When coaches are pushin...

What if the greatest shift you could make in your coaching or leadership practice wasn’t about more strategies, but about how you relate to uncertainty itself?

Uncertainty is often viewed as unwanted: unpredictable markets, organisational changes, shifting responsibilities. Yet as Joe Pane, highly experienced coach and trainer, shares, "Uncertainty is the precursory seed. It's the fabric of life. It's a requirement of life for us to grow. It is like the nutrition that you give a tree or a plant...

You’ve trained for many hours. You’ve studied the skills, you've earned your certifications, and you love coaching. Assisting people grow lights you up. And still many coaches quietly admit that finding clients feels harder than the actual coaching.

You may resonate with this: posting on social media, attending networking events, and maybe you've even built a website, and yet, the inquiries don’t come. You may feel deflated, lost and it seems like you are blending into the online ‘noise'.

The ...

We live in a world where we often assume reality is what we are experiencing. Yet the truth is: each of us is only ever encountering our own unique 'map' of the world around us. This distinction is captured in the well-known phrase: “the map is not the territory.”

Our 'map' consists of our beliefs, values, past experiences, culture, energy, environment, and personal meaning-making. And the 'territory' is the reality itself: the facts, events, the things that happen outside of us.

Two people ca...

As coaches, we often only get 30 minutes to meet in a chemistry or intake session or discovery call to assist a prospective client decide whether we are the right partner for their coaching engagement. It can feel like a test. A moment where we’re “chosen” or not.

These moments can leave us with a sense of I’m not good enough or wondering what I might be doing ‘wrong’ that can lead us not getting the client work. But what if we reframed these beliefs?

'No Such Thing As Not Being Good Enough, O...