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Origins of Origins
The origins behind Continue & Begin Fast Coaching® come from a diverse range of influences, including my own experiential learning and trial and error testing of hypotheses. There are influencing agents at work in Continue & Begin® some of which can be traced...
Forgetting to Remember
Training is different to coaching. Training introduces: New knowledge New skills New processes New behaviours New ways of thinking The common word? ‘New’! Continue & Begin...
Nudging
Continue & Begin™ Fast Coaching creates confidence and motivation through inner recognition of achievement and the celebration of success. We encourage the coachee to 'wallow' unashamedly in feel-good and enhanced ego before considering how their future...
‘Good ‘and ‘Less Good’
In the 1990s I worked in what used to be known as the Eastern Bloc, or Former Soviet union, in Poland, Slovakia and former East Germany. Amongst other projects, I helped managers of former state run enterprises to understand a new free market economy where consumer...
Continue & Begin™ in Youth Sport
I often receive emails, tweets, texts and calls from people who have taken Continue & Begin Fast Coaching™ beyond the world of work. A common theme is application in sport, and in particular, youth sport. Coaches report three applications of Continue &...
Origins of Continue & Begin Fast Coaching
The origins of Continue & Begin™ Fast Coaching go back to the 1990s. I developed an early version of Continue & Begin™ when lecturing mature students in management studies. One-to-one tutorials were enlightening. I found to my surprise that even...
Serious, or messing about?
I'm often asked about the 'commitment' question in the Continue & Begin core questions. Is it really necessary to ask the "Serious or messing about" question? Isn't it a bit in-yer-face? Well, there are two answers here. Answer #1. No, it's not necessary to use...