In Coaching & Mentoring, reviewing progress is already part of our professional landscape. Yet it can easily become something associated mainly with outcomes, or something reserved for the end of a relationship, or something we initiate only in response to difficulty. If we want review to be an integral part of the relationship, we need to think more deliberately about not just when we review, but how, and what we review. The reflections that follow explore how this can be do

Some Coaching & Mentoring relationships don’t end purposefully. They may slow down, they may drift, and we may comfort ourselves by saying they have reached a “natural end”. So what’s wrong with that? In this piece, we look a little closer at why this may happen — and why it matters to create space to end well, even when the original Coaching & Mentoring agenda feels complete. Misaligned Expectations at the Start Sometimes drift begins early. A Coaching & Mentoring match may

By Coach/Mentor, Bec Horner – Two Ridings Community Foundation   A year or so ago, I was offered the opportunity to train as a Coach/Mentor through the Yorkshire Accord Coaching & Mentoring Partnership. I saw it as some solid professional development — a way to learn, grow, and stretch myself. What I didn’t expect was just how much of an impact it would have. I loved the training, and I loved being matched with my first Coachee/Mentee so quickly. Supporting Others I spent six

In the previous post, we discussed how boundaries often show up indirectly in Coaching, and how feelings of being stretched, resentful, or constantly “on” can be understood as signals – an invitation to notice that something, possibly our boundaries, may need attention. In this piece, we’ll delve a little deeper and offer a simple reflective lens for exploring some of the layers that may be shaping how we respond to situations, and the limits (or lack of limits) we are curre