This article was originally published by The Guiding Matrix and is republished on The Coaching Tools Company website with their kind permission. The article was written by Dr Steve Jeffs, and all rights remain with the original author. When I mentor coaches who’ve moved past the early stages of practice, I see this pattern consistently….
This article was originally published by The Guiding Matrix and is republished on The Coaching Tools Company website with their kind permission. The article was written by Dr Steve Jeffs, and all rights remain with the original author. There’s a shift that happens in coaching practice that’s difficult to describe until you’ve experienced it. It’s…
John O’Donohue was an Irish poet, philosopher, and former priest known for his deeply spiritual and poetic writings on beauty, belonging, awakening, and the inner landscape of the human experience. His teachings often explore thresholds, transitions, and the mystery of new beginnings, which makes this quote a beautiful fit for our end-of-year message. Jump to…
The International Coaching Federation recently released its updated Core Competencies for 2025, marking the first significant revision since 2019. Unlike previous major overhauls, this update focuses primarily on semantic improvements and clarifications that better reflect current coaching practice. Here’s our take on what coaches need to understand about these changes and their implications for the…
We continue to meet our fellow coaches, get inspired and build coach community with our “Meet the Coach” features! This month we meet Judy Micale, a Leadership & Team Coach from the USA. Interview with Judy About Judy Lives In: USA Company: Judy Micale LLC Type of Coach: Leadership & Team Coach Describe your coaching…
We”re excited to offer you 25% off absolutely EVERYthing again this year! Newsletter readers get advance notice of the sale, and reminder emails! So, if you haven’t already, sign-up for our newsletter here >> 2025 Black Friday Sale runs from November 24—Dec 1 With 2026 coming up fast, now is a great time to try…
When we asked our community of iPEC Coaches to share something they’re grateful for that coaching made possible, we expected to receive meaningful responses. But what arrived was a stunning collection of stories that span the full spectrum of what this work can do—from shifts in awareness to career transformations, from profound healing to the…
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain Why Coaches Need Kindness Kindness is not a soft skill—it’s a core coaching competency. It nurtures psychological safety, builds trust, and allows challenge to land as growth. Research shows that performing kind acts delivers a small-to-medium wellbeing boost…
Many people want to change but struggle to do it. As coaches, we see this all the time. A client sets a goal and starts with energy, but then something gets in the way. They feel stuck, stop trying, and go back to old habits. Why does this happen? New science helps us understand that…
Meet Ramsey Bergeron, who thought he’d spend his days coaching from behind a desk—until his business had other plans.