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clients and testimonials
"I have found some very real benefits from completing the
Mindfulness for Coaching process. It has increased my ability to
focus in some of my work, so that I tackle things more
effectively. I am also better able to quickly re-charge my energy
in the midst of a challenging schedule so I stay at my best and am less
weary at the end of the day."
Christopher Smith: Bath Consultancy Group
“The course material has provided me with new ways of seeing things
and the practices have helped me to develop skills and strategies for
responding to stress. But the most potent ingredient for me has been
the one to one sessions with Michael and the kindness and acceptance
with which he has greeted everything that I have brought. This has been
a teaching that has been received directly by my heart.”
Joy Mackeith: Triangle Consulting
“In late 2006 I and a small group of Faculty colleagues joined
Michael for a two-day mindfulness workshop. The insights he gave us
went to the core of what we do as educators. Great teaching – in
business or any other setting – stems from mindfulness of self, a
mindful empathy with those we lead or teach, from sensing the shared
experience as it unfolds and from staying mindful of purpose. Michael
made sure that we all left very well equipped with practices to help us
sustain this with a renewed sense of confidence, calm and fun.”
Professor Dominic Houlder, Strategic and
International Management, London Business School
“Increased focus on the task in-hand: when faced with distracting thoughts likely to interrupt my concentration (e.g. up-coming deadlines, meetings, etc.) I find I can choose whether or not to attend to them.
The programme has enhanced my listening skills – of key importance when working with coaching clients. It has shown me how to develop ways of being quiet, reflective – just waiting – so that the client can find his or her own answers.
I now approach presentations and client meetings differently - with
a more quiet confidence. As a result, I’m connecting more with my
audience and getting better results.”
A lawyer, who now works as a coach.
“… you create a wonderful sense of safety through a non-judgmental
attitude in the way you work with people. You offer balanced
viewpoints and practice what you preach - you demonstrate an 'approach'
mindset all the time and I never got the sense that you were closing
down options or falling into 'either/or' thinking, rather that you were
able to hold several possibilities in your heart at once. … I
felt you explored into our comments too, and were truly interested in
how we saw things. Most important of all I think you are credible
in what you are offering - it is obvious that you know your stuff
intellectually and theoretically, but that you also practice it and
have huge amounts of experience. It was like being in the
presence of someone much wiser in these things. But all the time,
you held your expertise lightly and didn't come down hard on what 'the
truth' was (whatever that may be) - you demonstrated balance and a
considered approach all the way. There was never any sense of
forcing views on us and I enjoyed the way you held the spiritual
background of this practice but made it accessible to the secular - I
thought that was very well done on your part. … The other things
I really like were the course structure (think it's perfect as it is),
the course notes and the inclusion of the poems and practices, just as
you have them.
Gina Hayden: Sphere Consulting Services
“I participated in Michael's Mindfulness for Coaches course in
2006, and then have been on three further follow up sessions, including
a very valuable one-to-one coaching session using Mindfulness. One
of Michaels's gifts is his ability to make Mindfulness practical
and relevant to you as an individual. Through the
programme I feel I have acquired a valuable life skill that has
benefits not only for my work but personally. The benefits to
my work include the ability to focus more effectively and access
more of my creativity.”
Linda Woolston, Business Coach and Consultant
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