Author: graham

  • Teaching Strategic Thinking

    Teaching someone to think strategically involves a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application. Many people think of coaching as a form of listening activity or discursive at best.  However, by agreement with the client, there’s no reason why the session cannot be more structured and involve preparation and steering by the coach.  For example,…

  • Grounded Theory as a research method

    It seems to me that a growing number of research papers in the coaching literature are mentioning ‘grounded theory’ as their research method. So it seemed useful to explain what it is. Grounded theory is a qualitative research method developed by sociologists Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in the 1960s. It is primarily used to…