The President's position on ... ...

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In my personal learning journey as I have been coaching my clients, I have been struggling with clients living in a victim mode. It has been very difficult for me to understand their perspective of the world. I would keep asking myself: what determines our attitude towards life? What makes one person look at the glass half full and another at the glass as being half empty?

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In my personal learning journey as I have been coaching my clients, I have been struggling with clients living in a victim mode. It has been very difficult for me to understand their perspective of the world. I would keep asking myself: what determines our attitude towards life? What makes one person look at the glass half full and another at the glass as being half empty?

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Once upon a time... Many of us grew up in a time of unconscious protection, and conscious protectionism, knowing that jobs would be held for us in the future, yet not knowing how the other half (or 70%) lived some 20km away. Protection allowed us to flourish and protectionism allowed us to crumble, as we each had the sunlight to grow strong but as a small group we would not be strong enough as the intensity of the storm grew.

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By Belinda Davies, President of COMENSA 'A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.' Crystal Eastman (1881 - 192...

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Resource for Members - Your Research Website The Research Portfolio Committee recently reviewed the COMENSA website pages devoted to Research and found that several updates were needed. These have now been done, and the pages are once again accessible to all COMENSA members. Access them via the Member Resources page once you are logged on.

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Protection: Some Thoughts I have recently returned from an amazing back to nature week in the Kruger National Park. We were extremely fortunate with our sightings especially of leopards and even an elusive jackal skulking off through the bush. I was struck by the many and varied mechanisms that our animal colleagues employ to protect themselves: their brilliant designs of camouflage enable them to literally disappear into the bush, their colours, stripes and variegated patterns. comprise passive protections.

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Cracking the Code: MCSC for Members The first time a baby opens its eyes and smiles at the world, it builds rapport and creates relationships (despite the fact that many of these early smiles are actually grimaces at the passing of wind). Somewhere along the line, we lose this purity of communication, and building meaningful, trusting relationships becomes more complex.

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Practise safe coaching - always use protection Coaches need to protect themselves from a range of professional risks, such as accusations of malpractice due to ineffective or damaging interventions, being caught in a conflict of interest, or divulging confidential information.

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Michelle's Monthly Tip for making the MOST of your COMENSA Membership: In one-on-one work, protect your headspace with limited numbers At some stage, in the early days of my coaching practice, enthusiastic to clock what I felt was a respectable number of coaching hours, and looking to earn a reasonable income, I was coaching anywhere between 20 to 25 clients a month.

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If you love her, wear a cover...No glove, no love...Don't be a fool, cover your tool! When it comes to protecting our bodies from the oogily boogilies we're all pretty well versed on the basics. We know the dos and don'ts. However, when it comes to coaching, some of us may still be wandering in the dark. It's tricky terrain out there! So what can we do?

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"What is protection?"  A simple question which is totally contextually charged. Consider a security company salesman inspecting a potential customer's house; a financial planner assessing a client's life cover; a foreman taking visitors onto a dangerous construction site; without even venturing into the realm of dating. Protection is different things to different people.

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