What I can do depends on who I have decided I am. What we can do depends on who we believe ourselves to be. The challenge for many people working in the field of leadership development and coaching is that we only have tools to address...
Your life happens in conversation. Sometimes that conversation is private (in your head) and sometimes it is public, either with one other person or with many people at the same time. To a greater or lesser degree, your ability to manifest your life’s purpose or create what...
A key part of Newfield ontological coaching is the domain of emotions. Typically, this is an area that most coaching schools skirt around or else avoid completely. However, together with the domains of language and body, the emotional domain is a fundamental element of what makes...
One of the most frequent questions we receive is: "What is ontological coaching and how is it different from other kinds of coaching?" This article, written by Senior Newfield Program Coach/Trainer and Henley Business School lecturer, Aboodi Shabi is a great introduction to some of...
Our natural perception of the world and of ourselves is to assume the existence of an objective external world. We live under the assumption that we relate to objects, things, individuals and surroundings whose very meaning; value and existence are independent from ourselves. Moreover, the traditional...
Today, February 4 is World Cancer Day, which aims to increase cancer awareness and encourage it’s prevention, detection and treatment. With this in mind, we would like to highlight one of our esteemed graduates who has truly touched the lives of so many. Dr. Kesavan...
Great questions are not the sole preserve of coaches. I was recently sitting in an airport lounge when I heard a wonderful question asked by a daughter to her mother. It was one of those questions that can interrupt the day-to-day, automatic way of living that human...
Back in 2008, Google began a fascinating piece of research aimed at understanding the factors that contribute to being an effective manager. Throughout the history of the research, the number one factor has been the same: Being a good coach. In later years, they have also...
One way to think about human beings is that we are a collection and expression of our habits – habits in our thinking and habits in our behaviors and actions. Operating from our habits helps us do many things on auto-pilot and keep up with...
Join DN Prasad, PCC and recent graduate as he, together with his co-author Sneha Arora explore the dynamic worlds of modern-day leadership and team effectiveness (link below). As they skilfully point out, these two concepts operate very much in tandem and our expectations of one,...