Archive for Leonardo Ravier
Leonardo Ravier (MCC), is one of the youngest pioneers and active promoters of coaching in Spain. He founded and chaired “Coaching Corporation Human Development S.L.”. He devised and founded the first "Master in Personal, Executive and Corporate Coaching” in Spain. He was co-founder of the "Coaching Portal" (the first and only Hispanic coaching portal). He was creator, co-founder and Chief Editor of "Coaching Magazine” (the only Hispanic magazine specializing in coaching with international distribution). He has been co-organizer and strategic advisor of the First National Congress of coaching in Spain. He published the book "Art and Science of Coaching: its History, Philosophy and Essence". And he was a founding member of the Spanish Association of Coaching (ASESCO) and of the ICF-Spain chapter.
Which are the Core Competencies in Coaching?
One of the most important research areas within the world of coaching would be determined by the study of the necessary and sufficient skills to be a coach or a “good” coach.
A few years ago, when we compared the competencies determined by the ICF (International Coach Federation) with the “old” IAC (International Association of Coaches) [...]
Coaching and NLP
A year ago approximately, I wrote an article in “Coaching Magazine” entitled “Coaching without NLP: An identity subject.” Today, I would like to share with you, the last three paragraphs where I synthesized my position.
“The introduction of NLP in coaching is complementary only if the coaches use it (the NLP) as a tool, and it [...]
How Effective is the GROW Model?
Possibly the best known worldwide coaching model was developed by Alexander Graham (1) at the end of 1970. In Europe, this model was spread, mainly, by John Whitmore.
The acronym “GROW” (2) refers to the typical process of coaching conversation:
Goals - at this stage the process focuses on the goals that the client wishes to achieve, [...]
How is Coaching Different?
The ICF defines coaching as: “Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches help people improve their performances and enhance the quality of [...]
What is self-coaching? Is it really coaching?
If you google the word self-coaching, you will find approximately 338,000 references, a 0.55% of the number of references of the word coaching (61,000.000). A similar percentage is obtained for the expression coaching yourself (243,000) with a 0.40%.
Although approximate, it is a significant enough fact to recognize that what people understand by self-coaching is a [...]
