Catalyst 14 blog — latest articles

Below you’ll find our latest articles on coaching, mindfulness and personal leadership. If you like, you can search our articles for individual topics by using the search box below, or view all our blog posts here.

Image of a chain symbolising the weight of being relied on

In this post, we discuss how conscious leadership begins with noticing the inner scripts behind our daily decisions.

Mindfulness advent calendar (winter scene)

To support you in the run up to Christmas, here are our recommendations for some mindful activities that you can build into your day.

The good is there too (image of a flower poking through a fence)

In this post, we explore how focusing on the positive can lead to greater happiness and build a greater capacity to deal with adversity.

Rules of the Road

In this post we explore the power and place of rules in coaching, and how breaking them the right way can unlock potential.

Listening in coaching

In this post, we explain the value of listening in coaching and how doing this right can bring about significant change for a coachee.

Dual relationship

We explore why giving advice may have become a hardwired conversational habit — and what we can do to shift from “doing” to “being” in a coaching conversation.

Introduction to fundamentals of transformational coaching

In this post Vanessa Rogers shares some common themes that emerged from a series of interviews with past participants on their experience of training with Catalyst 14.

A thumbs up symbolising positive psychology and use of Ai in coaching.

A look at how Ai — Appreciative Inquiry, not Artificial Intelligence! — can be transformative in coaching conversations.

Okness - image of two doors bearing the word OK, symbolising the 'I'm OK, You're OK' approach in coaching.

An exploration of how the ‘I’m OK, You’re OK’ approach can help in difficult coaching contexts.