Sparring partner & préparation mentale
Originally derived from boxing, “sparring” refers to a training session in which two boxers fight each other to improve their skills. In a figurative sense, this term is used in a business context to describe a form of coaching in which an executive can critically reflect on, test and further develop their ideas, strategies and decisions in a... See more
Executive Sparring & Mentoring - Christian Bahrmann
“There are no such things as business problems, only mindset problems.”
I’ve often been asked, „What’s the difference between coaching and sparring?“
From a coaching perspective, here’s my short take:
Professional Coaching: A Journey of Empowerment
Coaching, at its core, is not about giving advice or solutions. Instead, it’s an empathetic process grounded in ICF coaching skills such as contracting and partnering. The... See more
From a coaching perspective, here’s my short take:
Professional Coaching: A Journey of Empowerment
Coaching, at its core, is not about giving advice or solutions. Instead, it’s an empathetic process grounded in ICF coaching skills such as contracting and partnering. The... See more
Professional Coaching vs. Executive Sparring: Unlocking Your Potential in Distinct Ways
3/ In the meantime, let me explain how this fits into my work at The Family. First of all, I’m already doing some executive sparring with three groups of people:
My colleagues at The Family. What happened with Oussama during those early lunches at Les Éditeurs now happens at the scale of our entire firm. I’m the one everyone comes to when they’re
About 90% of your effectiveness as a sparring partner derives from the depth of your appreciative world view, developed and expressed through critical reading, writing, podcasts, and talks. Only about 10% depends on your in-session sparring skills.
Tom Critchlow • Sparring & Tenure for Indie Consultants
Philosopher Baltasar Gracián on giving advice:
“When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.”
Alloying is the art of mixing elements to create something greater than the sum of its parts. While our intuition tells us that pure substances are best, alloying shows this is not always true. One plus one can equal ten. By blending ingredients in precise proportions, metallurgists can create materials with bespoke properties—the lightness of... See more
Brain Food: Double the Pleasure
Your mistakes aren’t the best teacher—just the most expensive.
You can start at the bottom of the mountain and make every mistake from scratch on the way to the top, or you can take a sherpa with you and master the best of what other people have already figured out.
The successful learn vicariously; the foolish insist on firsthand pain
You can start at the bottom of the mountain and make every mistake from scratch on the way to the top, or you can take a sherpa with you and master the best of what other people have already figured out.
The successful learn vicariously; the foolish insist on firsthand pain
