Author: Nick Bolton

Latest Blog Post

What Happens When A Manager Learns to Say Less?

What changes when a manager stops being the answer? This article explores how a coaching approach, listening, stillness and restraint can create better thinking and greater ownership.

Receive our Monthly Coaching Roundup Direct to Your Inbox.

Can Coaches Ever be Truly Non-Judgemental (Part 2)

In part 2 of “Can Coaches Ever Be Truly Non-Judgemental?”, we explore a number of key factors around what we judge, who we judge and how we can become less judgemental.

Can coaches ever be truly non-judgemental? (Part 1)

Can coaches ever be truly non-judgemental? Nick Bolton shares 7 Levels of Judgement and Non-Judgement which he proposes we operate from as humans and which dictate the level of non-judgement we can achieve.

6 Reasons Coaching Supervision is a Must for Transformative Coaches

If you’re a coach (or want to be), you’ve probably heard of coaching supervision. But you might not know exactly what it is or how it could benefit you and your clients.

A Journey Towards Reflective and Reflexive Learning

It goes without saying that new coaches need to learn new skills.  That’s typically why someone joins a coaching programme.  To learn how to coach.

5 Ways to Work as a Coach after Qualification (With Real-Life Examples)

Coaching is an increasingly popular profession with the market demand for trained coaches increasing year by year.

How Can A Life Coach Presume to Coach Anyone on Their Life?

Variations on this question pepper our social media threads from time to time and I find myself answering them with some degree of sympathy for their underlying challenge.

Coach Training as the Gateway to a Profession: What Aspiring Coaches Need to Know

If you’re looking to embark on a journey to become a coach, we believe it is vital to understand what’s expected of you and what it means to be joining the coaching profession.

The Importance of Contracting in Coaching

Many things have changed over the course of the years around how I coach. I’m hoping that the rabbit-caught-in-headlights look of the early days of client work has dissipated! Similarly, the clumsy advice-as-question ruse has faded away over time.

Coaching Practice vs Coaching Business

What is the difference between a coaching practice and a coaching business? For many, there may not seem to be a difference. After all, in both, it’s all about coaching. Surely, it’s just semantics?

Time to drop niche and think context instead?

To niche or not to niche? That is the question! And it’s a question you’ll hear a lot in the coaching world. It’s discussed endlessly in books, blogs and forums about how to create a coaching practice.