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The Coaching Cafe Podcast

Open Door Coaching

The latest thinking from Australia"s leading Organisational Coaching specialist, Open Door Coaching.Released weekly on Tuesdays the Coaching Cafe is presented by Dr Natalie Ashdown an MCC accredited coach.Enjoying the podcast? Check out our Social Media, our website or leave a 5 star review to help spread our reach!

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32:12

International Coach Week Interview: Hayley Goldsmith

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/05/20

International Coach Week: Your chance to hear from an inspirational leader This year, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) marks its 30th anniversary – 30 years of inspiring change through coaching and setting the standards for our profession. It’s the perfect week to celebrate who we are as coaches – and to recognise the difference each of us makes as part of the Open Door Alumni. In terms of making a difference, this year we have the opportunity to learn from Hayley...

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29:51

Performance Reviews: Coaching Changes Everything

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/05/13

Is the annual performance conversation season a chance to turn around engagement? Last week kicked off our new Coaching Café Podcast series by unpacking the newly released Gallup State of the Global Workplace Report for 2025. But the headlines are hard to ignore: Is the global workplace at breaking point? Employee engagement on the brink (of collapse) Management engagement falls from 30% to 27% (no other worker category has experienced as significant decline).&nbs...

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26:04

Gallup 2025: engagement matters - how coaching helps

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/05/06

The Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2025 report has just landed. Call us nerds, but we dropped everything to download it. Like many, we hoped to see improvements in global workplace engagement. After all, increasing engagement feels like a shared crusade among leaders, coaches, and organisations alike. Now join Natalie and Paula as they kick off a new series of Coaching Cafe Podcasts. This series will focus on enabling effective performance conversations - which may be a worr...

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2:58

ANZAC Day Reflection

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/04/23

This week Natalie reflects on ANZAC day. For those unfamiliar with the day, ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and the day commemorates the 25th of April 1915, the day the Anzac's landed in Gallipoli in the 1st world war. While the day was originally intended to honour the over 8,000 lives lost in the campaign, the day now honours all service people who have lost their lives to war. Lest we forget. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast please l...

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30:56

Ethical Practice - Open Forum

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/04/15

Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored ethics in coaching through the lens of the ICF Core Competencies - not just as a checkbox for membership renewal, but as a lived practice. We’ve explored: ✔️ Our own ethical decision-making as coaches ✔️ Stakeholder agreements & confidentiality ✔️ The ethical use of AI in coaching Now join Natalie and Paula our final Coaching Café Podcast in this series, as we open the floor to your biggest ethical questions in coaching. 💡...

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29:27

AI in Coaching – A Practical Demonstration

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/04/07

AI in Coaching – A Practical Demonstration Following our thought-provoking discussion on the ethical use of AI in coaching last week, it’s time to take the conversation further. Can AI really improve coaching? Can it assess coaching conversations against the ICF Core Competencies? Can it even coach us on a topic? In this Coaching Café Podcast, Natalie and Paula will move beyond theory and demonstrate AI in action. We will focus on: ✅ Using AI to enhance c...

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25:41

Ethical use of AI in Coaching – is it cheating?

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/03/24

Ethical use of AI in Coaching – is it cheating? I had just finished writing the new coaching assignment Ethical Use of AI in Coaching for our Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching (11314NAT) program. The assignment requires students to analyse a transcript using an AI tool with the aim of improving the coaching. And suddenly, the thought hit me: is this cheating? As professional workplace coaches, we must stay ahead of industry developments. At the same time, we...

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29:51

Maintaining confidentiality whilst navigating...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/03/18

The meeting was between myself, the HR Manager and the coachee’s manager and I was taking a brief about a potential coaching opportunity. The question was asked ‘so what kind of reporting do you do?’. I offered my standard response regarding confidentiality and who reports the outcomes of the coaching to whom. But to be frank, since we have our standard responses, it is not something that we spend a lot of time thinking about. And at the same time, it made me realise how we never take f...

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27:03

You can’t coach everyone! Maintaining the distinction...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/03/10

You can’t coach everyone! Maintaining the distinction between coaching and other services ‘Coaching’s fine. And I’m not trying to be controversial. But you can’t coach everyone. I reckon most of my team I have to mentor them. And tell them what to do, because they have no idea.’ The comment was in response to a question I asked a group of managers, as part of our discussion about ‘what is coaching, and what is it not?’. I simply asked: ‘do you have any questions?’ It ...

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21:37

Renewing your ICF Membership? Don’t just tick the...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/03/03

Many of us have received the ICF membership renewal email. The process is simple: click the link, accept the terms, select your currency and branch, and pay. If everything runs smoothly, it takes about five minutes—as long as you remember your password and don’t overthink “What do I get for my money?” (That’s a topic for another day! ) However, we encourage you NOT to just tick the box on the terms and conditions. Of course, my mum always said, “Never sign something you haven’t read.” But mor...

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27:09

Unravelling the mystery around the ICF Credentialing...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/02/25

At Open Door we get a lot of questions about the ICF Credential Exam. The Exam is an important component of applying for an ICF credential and all candidates for ACC, PCC or MCC are required to pass the Exam. The Exam is a tool to measure a coach’s knowledge of the ICF definition of coaching, ICF Core Competencies and ICF Code of Ethics. According to the ICF, in 2023, 9,795 coaches sat the ICF Credentialling Exam, with 75% passing on their first attempt, 12% passing on the subsequent a...

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28:31

Trends in Coaching for 2025 and beyond

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2025/02/18

Welcome to the Coaching Café series for 2025! Not long ago we signed off for the year, with a recap on the trends in coaching that we predicated for 2024. And now here we are, gazing into our re-usable coffee cups and thinking about the important topics that we are likely to influence our workplaces and coaching this year and beyond. As part of the re-accreditation process we conducted research to ensure that our programs meet the industry needs and the ongoing needs of organisations, l...

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27:34

The Year in Coaching – Trends & Highlights

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/12/03

As we wrap up 2024, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the coaching trends that have defined this year. At the beginning of the year, we shared our predictions and discussed the themes we expected to emerge in coaching. Now, after a busy year we’re excited to revisit these trends and look at how they’ve played out in real time. Join us for the final Coaching Café of the year! We'll reflect on how coaching has influenced workplaces in 2024, share insights from our work, and discuss emerg...

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29:01

Setting Goals for the New Year

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/11/26

As the end of the year approaches, now is the ideal time to reflect, reset, and set meaningful goals. But it’s not just about making resolutions; it’s about creating sustainable plans that align with our values and drive us forward. Join us for this Coaching Café, where we’ll explore effective goal-setting strategies that go beyond typical New Year’s resolutions. Together, we’ll discuss tools for gaining clarity, setting actionable intentions, and building the momentum you need to make r...

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31:00

Keeping Up the Momentum and Motivation

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/11/19

With the end of the year approaching momentum and motivation seem harder to maintain. With fatigue setting in, it can be tough to stay focused. But it’s not all doom and gloom. As we approach the final stretch of the year, we can take simple, intentional actions to reignite our energy and keep ourselves—and our teams—moving forward. In this Coaching Café, we’ll explore practical tips and strategies to keep the momentum alive, even when things feel tough. Together, we'll discuss how we ca...

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30:42

Consistency, Not Perfection

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/11/12

"Have you ever felt like you’re not getting it ‘perfectly’ right as a coach?" The truth is, no one ever does. Perfection isn’t the goal. Instead, it’s about showing up consistently—being present for your coachees, staying engaged in the process, and continuously growing as a coach. It’s not about having all the answers, but about creating a space where growth happens, even through imperfection. In past Coaching Café sessions, we’ve explored real coaching scenarios, from working...

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32:46

I’m not sure it’s my role - breaking down the...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/10/15

‘I’m not sure it’s my role’, was a comment we received recently during a presentation on mental health conversations in the workplace. We may notice that a work colleague or client is not their normal self. Perhaps their behaviour has changed or the language they are using and their demeanour is different. But the person in the workshop was worried that they didn’t really ‘feel it was their place’ to approach the person. It's not uncommon to wonder whether it’s your job ...

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33:35

Breaking down the barriers to mental health...

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/10/09

Breaking down the barriers to mental health conversations in the workplace Thursday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2024 in Australia and the WHO states that World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to ‘raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in the support of mental health.’ And the official theme of WMHD is: It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace At Open Door we are obviously super happy to hear this...

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31:20

Managing strong emotions in coaching

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/09/24

‘Have you ever had anyone cry in the coaching session?’ The answer is yes, it does happen. Not too often. But whether it is disappointment, frustration, anger or alternatively joy, relief or enthusiasm, in our coaching practice in the workplace, we need to be aware of how to manage strong emotions, in our coachees and in ourselves. We have covered a number of topics over the past weeks to explore real workplace coaching scenarios, including: coaching whe...

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35:04

Shifting under-performance through coaching

The Coaching Cafe Podcast ·

2024/09/09

‘These tools are really great, but can you use the tools to coach someone who is under-performing?’It’s another question that we often get asked during our coaching programs and we have a very strong opinion on the answer, which is:YES. In fact, coaching could be the ‘make or break’ difference between an increase or further decline in a person’s performance.With this in mind, join us for this Coaching Café where we continue our theme of Coaching Cafes: exploring very real workplace coaching s...

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