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A connection between electronic voting and coaching?

We hope you'll find this election story both an amusing and a poignant summertime read. By Jill Pillon, Staff Writer for The Coaching Lens Earlier this Spring, I helped to train 300 poll officials to use our province's new electronic elections process, all of which had to be accomplished in the dizzying space of two and a half weeks.  It was exciting, learning firsthand just how…

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July 16, 2018
Building Confidence / Coaching Skills / Feedback / Performance Coaching / Personal Coaching / Potential / Uncategorized / Why coaching?

Coaching for Confidence: Whose journey is it?

We’ve all seen the caricature of the out-of-control parent at their child’s hockey, soccer or baseball game, yelling instructions and criticism, hurling invective at the ref and generally making the entire experience unpleasant for everyone around them.   If the role of parents and coaches is to unleash potential and remove interference for their child to deliver their best performance, what possesses them to get (pardon the…

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February 24, 2018
Building Confidence / Coaching Skills / Performance Coaching / Personal Coaching / Potential / Why coaching?

Coaching for Confidence: How should we perceive Failure?

Whoever said failure was not an option was clearly not taking into account how often it happens and how important a part failure plays along the road to success. Take for example, our tale of two figure-skating siblings, both lacing up skates almost as soon as they could walk.  Candace was a natural, twirling and leaping gracefully around the ice and winning almost every time she…

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February 23, 2018
Building Confidence / Coaching Skills / Performance Coaching / Personal Coaching / Potential

Coaching for Confidence

As we join people around the world cheering on the 2018 Winter Olympic athletes, we can’t help but admire the dedication and perseverance demonstrated by both competitors and their support teams.  While the goalposts may look different, athletic and personal coaching are fundamentally about building confidence, one of the key factors in achieving success. Coincidentally, Coach Mary Ann Tucker has been invited to speak about that…

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February 23, 2018
Agile Leadership / Character Strengths / Coaching Skills / Leadership / Leadership Skills / Tilt 365 / Values and Beliefs

Reflections on the power of Coaching and Agile Leadership…

As the year draws to a close we’re taking a few moments to reflect on, and to say thank you, for the Team Building, Tilt 365 and Agile Leadership workshops that The Coaching Lens Team had the honour to facilitate for you this year. We are always awed and grateful for the honesty and candour that our participants offer each other during these sessions.  We explore…

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December 29, 2016