Category Archives for "coach mentoring"

We’ve all been there.  Whether coaching a client or even in casual conversation with someone, we later reflect and ask ourselves:  “how did I miss that cue that could have taken me to the real issue?”  “How did I miss the inferences, the body language…how did I not hear what he or she was really […]

What’s it like to serve public servants? What does it take to lead among the nations’ leaders and coach them? Executive coach and mentor Lindy Bryant, co-founder of YellowEdge based in Canberra tells us all about it in this podcast.

Many people imagine the perfect life to be one where it is all smooth sailing, a tropical paradise, simple peaceful and fun. Unfortunately, that is not the way most of us experience life. Storms come, clouds block the sun, the wind whips us and things turn ugly – its just the way it goes. Life […]

I have to admit that I have been a bit of a skeptic about some of the more abstract coaching technologies like Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP). In my early days of coaching the majority of NLP ideas and concepts I encountered made little sense to me – in fact, it all looked a lot like […]

Matt Waldron has been a personal leadership coach for over 15 years. He has worked in a variety of executive leadership, program management and frontline case worker roles within the community service, whilst simultaneously building his private coaching business, SHIFT Life Coaching. Matt’s passion is to inspire, empower and equip people to unlock their potential […]

In 2012, Life and Leadership coach Kylie Cullinan extended her coaching skills by taking further training with Frazer Holmes Coaching. Since then she has contracted with us to provide coaching in employment agencies at Bega and Merimbula, and is thrilled to be able to be making a difference in lives of people who have faced […]

Cheryl Mason graduated from the Frazer Holmes coach training program three years ago. Since that time, Cheryl has been working as a coach with us, transforming the lives of long term unemployed clients of Job Services Australia (JSA) providers. She is currently delivering our HOPE & Power progams in JSAs on the central coast of […]

Goals don’t care who has them, and they live a secret life of changing and morphing. Listen to Paul Lawrence, head of the Centre for Systemic Change and head researcher for WhyteCo. Research is giving us evidence to base our coaching claims on.

Are you sick and tired of trying harder and still getting the same results? In this episode, peak performance coach Jaemin Frazer shares his insights on harnessing the power of state and internal beliefs for creating powerful, effective and lasting change.

Are you happy with your life, or are there elements that just really suck?

Go from crappy to happy with coach Michelle DeAngelis, as we review her best seller “How to Get a Life that Doesn’t Suck” and the coaching principles that go with it in this latest podcast with Robert Holmes.

Business Growth I met with my business mentor “Dragon” last week. We discussed business growth. According to him, there are two basic approaches to business growth:

Your brain can learn and go on learning, change, adapt and grow. Neuroplasticity can be a friend or foe, but breaking bad habits and upgrading takes some work – especially coaching.

Listen to leading neurologist Jeff Schwartz and Master Coach Josie Thomson discuss this valuable subject with Robert Holmes.

Everybody needs a mentor, because we don’t know what we don’t know. We all need an up-line: someone who is not responsible for us (like a parent), who is independent (so they can speak honestly) and strong minded. People are like lakes and rivers – inflow and outflow creates life. I have four mentors, people are […]

Get great tools for lasting change and breakthrough!

Listen to Alison Cameron, overcoming immunity to change expert and coach who learned from Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey (Harvard) as she shares insights for living and building better teams.

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Christmas will soon be upon us. After the hype settles down, we will be into 2014, and some of us will make New Year’s resolutions. On this note, I want to share some great news with you: you CAN make amazing New Year’s resolutions that will have a profound […]

Your working memory can only handle 3 or 4 pieces of information at a time. This single idea has wide reaching implications for coaching, training, education and preparation of powerpoints.

Listen to Professor John Sweller, author of Cognitive Load Theory discuss how memory works and how to improve it in this interview with Robert Holmes.

Maintaining Your Motivation Fantastic tips on improving and maintaining your motivation! Neurology, motivation and coaching. Dr. Robert Holmes writes for Coach Link magazine (ICF Asia Pacific). Click here for the full article extract

In this podcast, Craig Rispin, coach, mentor, author and public speaker discusses multiple income streaming for coaches and their business. Learn how different streams cross promote one another and grow the whole.

How do you add value to your client… or even know what it is they value most? Dr. Roy Barton is Australia’s foremost expert on values management and managing values propositions. Robert interviews Roy about the importance of discovering values in your clients, and adding value to them on the way through.

People can be really head smart, but not so good on relationships. Enter – emotional intelligence! Belinda MacInnes is one of Australia’s few Master Coaches (MCC). Robert discusses Emotional Intelligence, and the use of her coaching models with private and business clients.

Got trouble at home? Mixed up kids? Well “Don’t Bring it to Work” says Listen to Dr. Sylvia LaFair. Robert discusses the importance of dealing with origins and the learned patterns of behaviour (the relationship game).

The Hero’s Journey Psychologist Carl Jung believed that behind the scene of human life there lay archetypes, “Constantly repeating characters which occur in the dreams of all people and the myths of all cultures”. Jung suspected that these archetypes are a reflection of the story we all share in common. Later an author, mythologist and […]

The Body Brain I was listening to a podcast from Shrink Wrap Radio yesterday. It’s a program dedicated to interviewing psychologists, researchers, movie makers and authors about current trends and learning. The interview was with Dr. David Van Nuys and his book “Mindsight” about our body brain. 

Why having a mentor is the most valuable asset a coach can have. Barbara Anderson (MCC) is the director, Shire Coaching and Training. She shares her own journey on why mentoring is important to her, and to a coaches growth.