When I first began coaching 20 years ago, I was like every other new coach; trying to figure out how to use questions as a main way of drawing out knowledge from my client. This was so different than the...
Category: #5 – Active Listening
Effective use of visual language
Imagine you are walking down a path with beautiful trees on either side. The sun is shining through the trees, creating a soft glow of light on the path ahead. Thereās a puddle and you easily jump over it. As...
Exploring Client Behaviors
Iāve uncovered a blind spot, which I always find exciting! Because itās often challenging to notice a blind spot in ourselves. Others most often can see in us what we cannot. The blind spot was uncovered as a result of...
What is the gap your coaching client wants to close?
Most often, our clients come to a coaching session with a topic they want to explore. Our initial focus as the coach is to understand exactly what it is about their topic they want more clarity around, in order to...
The Power of using How questions
Recently, one of our mentoring clients was coaching on our group mentoring call, and we noticed a very powerful thing occur. The coach (thank you Laura) was using a lot of āHowā questions. The client was able to articulate her...
Coach the Emotional Content of your Client
One of the most powerful distinctions I can offer coaches Iām mentoring toward MCC skill level, is to coach the whole human being (the Who) and especially the emotional content of their client. Emotion is what drives us as human...
Target these Competencies for Client Success!
Letās face it; thereās nothing like receiving some acknowledgement to make you feel good! As coaches and mentors, listening for what we can genuinely acknowledge in our client is an essential skill, one that builds trust and supports the client...
Group Coaching: how organizations can build a sustainable coaching culture
Have you ever struggled to answer these questions: āWhat is group coaching? How does it differ from individual coaching? What results do you get from group coaching?ā Holly Williams of the Magus Group, recently co-authored the book, Being Coached: Group...
Listen for your client’s learning style to build deeper trust
Building trust with our coaching client is a critical skill to master. For those familiar with The Target Approach, you know that I consider building trust and intimacy to be an āOutputā competency, because trust is built as a result...
What listening to coaching in other languages has taught me
I'm not an idealist. I donāt want to save the world. I recognize there are gross inequalities in the world, where innocent people are the victims of horrible crimes and abuses, and we could do with a lot more compassion...