Coaching skills are the practical capabilities that help managers and leaders support others to think, learn and act for themselves. Explore the techniques, frameworks and everyday habits that make coaching conversations more effective.
Using DATT in coaching: from thinking tool to live conversations
When I started working in corporate in 1994, one of the first three books I bought was Edward de Bono’s Thinking Course, the source of his Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT). Three decades on, it is still on my shelf, still underlined, and still one of the frameworks I reach for most, both personally and in my coaching work. I have [...]


