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When I am coaching I like to take my clients backwards and then forwards to their future. I invite them to enter a virtual time machine: my coaching ‘Tardis’ if you like – and I first invite them to seize the controls and take it back 10 years. And then I ask them, ‘How would you have introduced yourself ten years ago? What are you doing? Where are you living?’ What do you want for yourself ten years on? How would you describe your life looking forwards 10 years?

Pam Lidford, The Coaching Academy trainer has been an integral part of the tutor team for a number of years, presenting Accelerator days as part of the Personal Performance Coaching Diploma, Youth Impact Coaching Diploma and the CPD for Coaches program. We’ve put her on the coaching hotseat to answer your questions:-

Dawn Harvey, The Coaching Academy trainer is part of the Small Business Coaching Tutor team and she shares her top 12 Coaching Questions.

Life Coach Jenifer Harper shares her thoughts on why, NOW, at the age of 70, she decided to take up the idea of becoming a Professional Coach…

As a sought after speaker and workshop facilitator, Mike Blissett has worked in the UK and Europe, and has also helped train thousands of new coaches in his position as trainer with The Coaching Academy.

Duncan Gee, The Coaching Academy trainer as part of the Youth Impact Coaching Diploma and creator of “The M.A.G.I.C Programme” shares his top 5 Coaching Questions.

Kris Robertson, UK’s leading Coach Mentor/Supervisor and Operations Director of The Coaching Academy shares his top 5 Coaching Questions:-

What attracted you to coaching

About 2 years ago I started to hear about coaching from reading articles in magazines and receiving marketing emails from companies.  I run a training company and felt that the delegates on my training courses would benefit from something a little bit extra from me.  Coaching [...]

27 Jan, 2010

Coach In The Spotlight – James Barton

Posted by: admin In: Coach Spotlight

What attracted you to coaching?

After spending the last 15 years in the world of corporates, I was looking for something that gave me more purpose and more satisfaction than simply selling computer systems.
I had originally trained in HR and have always been fascinated in the world of psychology and [...]

Spotlight is on Ann Skidmore, one of The Coaching Academy’s Trainers.
I am one of The Coaching Academy’s biggest fans. I was on the very first programme in October 1999 and wrote the following about my experience:
“This has been a fabulous weekend. I have enjoyed myself immensely and couldn’t sleep last night because there was so [...]



  • Gerda Oosting: Pam you have inspired me to become the best coach I can be. I am going to use your daily visualisations to help me achieve my goal. You are my role mo
  • Denise Mulligan: Pam's definition of 'being in the moment whilst working toward what I want' is simple and inspiring. Pam is a great role model for The Coaching Academ
  • Libby Steggles-Ginn: The Values and beliefs day yesterday was the icing on the cake for me Pam. Thankyou so much for all your information. You are so inspiring and i trule

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