I’ve just read the latest ‘Outside the lines’ newsletter which is on finding Buddies to be with and this has struck a chord with me, as I am enjoying working with seven other people in exactly this way. We have a company called ‘Resolve’, which provides relationship coaching, counselling and mediation to those with relationship problems and issues across the UK. Its all very exciting. Normally as a coach I work on my own, and now, with the values that we share, it is so much easier to work with others too.
Working with people to sort out their relationships has been a constant thread through my coaching career. In sailing and sport, its building teams and dealing with issues so that the performance of the team is not compromised. In life coaching, I often work with clients helping them to deal with their life partner relationships. The similarities and differences between sport and life help provide me with the insights needed to cut through to the basic issues in ways my clients then build on.
When dealing with two people, life or sport, its always been tricky to give each partner equal attention. So often, one person’s issues are more immediate, and resolving these will help move situations forward, which tends to be the expedient solution. However, finding time to listen to the concerns of the other partner is imperative to get a balanced resolution. Within Resolve we are promoting Co-Coaching as an optional service, where there are two coaches to two people, and boy, does this work well! A balanced outcome is so much more reliable at the end of a session, with the needs of both parties attended to by using of the complementary skills of the two coaches.
Its a real pleasure to be working with my Buddies.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Good Work Done
I’ve just had an invitation to ‘sign’ the retirement card for one of my professors from University days - Brian Short. I was really glad to do so - a really enthusiastic lecturer, he helped open my eyes to the landscape in ways that continue to delight me.
On reading his profile, I discover he’s made a real name for himself in the 30 years since I knew him - I’m very glad.
On reading his profile, I discover he’s made a real name for himself in the 30 years since I knew him - I’m very glad.
Bookmark my new website
My new website, cathyfoster.co.uk, has been created using iWeb, the Mac website software. I have really enjoyed making the most of the software to produce the very visual effects, but there is one downside. The software is a ‘cut & paste’ type, and incredibly easy to use as I haven’t had to learn to write in code. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone creating a personal website. However, as each page gets published as a .jpeg picture onto the web, individual words cannot be identified and so the site content cannot be picked up by search engines searching for key identifiers. This means I will have difficulty getting my site to the first page of a Google search - unless you help me.
Please increase the traffic to this site by both bookmarking this site AND by using the links on the Bits and Bobs page. In return, if you have anything interesting you’d like me to comment on, I’ll do what I can to help you out. Also, pass on my website address to others if you find it interesting.
Please do this - the more traffic I can attract, the better it is for me. This new website has been created using iWeb, the Mac website software. I have really enjoyed making the most of the software to produce the very visual effects, but there is one downside. The software is a ‘cut & paste’ type, and incredibly easy to use as I haven’t had to learn to write in code. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone creating a personal website. However, as each page gets published as a .jpeg picture onto the web, individual words cannot be identified and so the site content cannot be picked up by search engines searching for key identifiers. This means I will have difficulty getting my site to the first page of a Google search - unless you help me.
Please increase the traffic to this site by both bookmarking this site AND by using the links on the Bits and Bobs page. In return, if you have anything interesting you’d like me to comment on, I’ll do what I can to help you out. Also, pass on my website address to others if you find it interesting.
Please do this - the more traffic I can attract, the better it is for me.
Please increase the traffic to this site by both bookmarking this site AND by using the links on the Bits and Bobs page. In return, if you have anything interesting you’d like me to comment on, I’ll do what I can to help you out. Also, pass on my website address to others if you find it interesting.
Please do this - the more traffic I can attract, the better it is for me. This new website has been created using iWeb, the Mac website software. I have really enjoyed making the most of the software to produce the very visual effects, but there is one downside. The software is a ‘cut & paste’ type, and incredibly easy to use as I haven’t had to learn to write in code. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone creating a personal website. However, as each page gets published as a .jpeg picture onto the web, individual words cannot be identified and so the site content cannot be picked up by search engines searching for key identifiers. This means I will have difficulty getting my site to the first page of a Google search - unless you help me.
Please increase the traffic to this site by both bookmarking this site AND by using the links on the Bits and Bobs page. In return, if you have anything interesting you’d like me to comment on, I’ll do what I can to help you out. Also, pass on my website address to others if you find it interesting.
Please do this - the more traffic I can attract, the better it is for me.
The Galaxy Zoo
I came across an extraordinary endeavour the other day - the Galaxy Zoo is the biggest citizen-science experiment on the web, dedicated to helping scientists classify 1,000,000 photographs collected from various telescopes (on earth and in space) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
The project was started in July 2007 by Dr. Chris Lintott, a science researcher from the University of Oxford, as a solution to this huge task. By asking the public to help, the manpower resources increased enormously. The participation rate is measured by ‘clicks’ on the website, and has now topped 70 million clicks. Initially people were asked to identify galaxies as being spiral, elliptical or merging categories, and the success is such that Lintott says “ You can have confidence, as we say, ‘100% of people think that that’s a spiral galaxy, so its really, really spirally’.”
Such is the success of the operation, participants have now been asked to apply a far more extensive range of criteria for classifying the galaxies they see in the photos in a new project - Galaxy Zoo 2.
Stories abound. Try out the ‘The Voorwerp’ for a discovery in the making.
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The project was started in July 2007 by Dr. Chris Lintott, a science researcher from the University of Oxford, as a solution to this huge task. By asking the public to help, the manpower resources increased enormously. The participation rate is measured by ‘clicks’ on the website, and has now topped 70 million clicks. Initially people were asked to identify galaxies as being spiral, elliptical or merging categories, and the success is such that Lintott says “ You can have confidence, as we say, ‘100% of people think that that’s a spiral galaxy, so its really, really spirally’.”
Such is the success of the operation, participants have now been asked to apply a far more extensive range of criteria for classifying the galaxies they see in the photos in a new project - Galaxy Zoo 2.
Stories abound. Try out the ‘The Voorwerp’ for a discovery in the making.
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Spiral Dynamics
I’ve just been to a fascinating presentation on Spiral Dynamics at the NLP Wessex Practice Group. A fascinating presentation on world viewpoints, it was particularly well presented by Roger Terry of Evolution Training. Not just the personal and corporate viewpoints but the stage of world politics as well. My thoughts keep turning to what I have learnt, testing it out. Roger was right - it has changed my view of the world.
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