Coaching Archives – Maxine Horne

Drop some spinning plates: thinking about priorities for work

It feels like you have six million plates in the air, all of them teetering, gently threatening to topple. You wake at 3 in the morning knowing that you’ve forgotten something but never quite sure what it is. Knowing that your to do list is already endless but knowing there’s probably at least 3 things…

Writing blocks

Career, Coaching, Writing Posted by mhorne

The stories we tell ourselves about writing We all have stories about writing and about ourselves as writers. Often, these stories stand between us and our finished writing. But they are just stories and we can tell ourselves more helpful stories if we choose. My own story about writing is that I’m not a good…

What is coaching?

Coaching Posted by mhorne

Coaching is support for self directed learning. A coach believes that the coachee has the capacity to find their own answers, a coach’s job is to create a space and a structure where good thinking and learning can happen. It’s not therapy, although it can feel therapeutic. It’s about setting goals and intentions for the…