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In focus

Good coaching starts by resisting the urge to fix everything

Bold Coaching Journal examines how coaching conversations work: what questions open up, where goals help, and when a different kind of support is needed.

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Nov 4, 2026Freshly considered
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We compare coaching choices without promising outcomes or treating every conversation as a coaching problem.

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Worth a closer look

Editor selections

Questions

Open Questions or Focused Questions? How to Choose in a Coaching Conversation

Oct 31, 20267 min read

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Goals

The Goal Was Not Always a Target

Oct 29, 20267 min read

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Reflection

The Myth of the Perfect Coaching Question

Oct 26, 20267 min read

Boundaries · 6 min read

When a Coaching Conversation Needs a Boundary

When a coaching conversation needs a boundary, learn to recognise requests beyond coaching’s role, pause without blame…

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Our point of view

A conversation is not a repair job

Coaching is not a licence to diagnose, direct or promise results. We look at the choices that make a conversation useful, and the limits that keep it honest.

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