Iām always searching for new and interesting ways to describe coaching skills to the coaches Iām mentoring toward their ICF credential. This is one metaphor Iāve used for a while, so thought Iād share it here too. It involves a...
Category: #4 – Coaching Presence
Strategies for coaching verbal processor clients
I added a new article that adds to this article, called Coaching verbally expressive clients Iām pretty sure every coach has had a client who speaks a lot. And then speaks a lot more. And then some. You may have...
Surrendering the mind
Thereās a paradox present for coaches; simultaneously to know and practice good coaching skills, and yet not knowing how those coaching skills will best serve our client, in this coaching session. Iām working from the premise that we believe that...
Why am I still writing?
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...
Flossing the mind
For many coaches, recording coaching sessions to submit to the ICF can bring up anxiety and stress-filled thoughts, and scary feelings of inadequacy. This is ānormal'; we are exposed to school exams in childhood, and we are either an A...
Coach the ‘little Who’ of your client
In my mentoring of coaches toward their MCC, PCC or ACC credential, I make the distinction about coaching the āWhoā versus coaching the āWhatā of your client. In a recent group mentoring session, I was again making this distinction when...
Are you leading your coaching client?
One of the things that distinguishes coaching from other modalities such as teaching, training, and consulting, is the agenda is client-driven. The client chooses the focus of what to be coached on in every session.Ā The coach seeks to understand that...
Strengthen your client self-belief and confidence
When I think of a coaching tool, I think of something I can pull out of my coaching ātoolkitā at any time. I know the tool is there. I know what the tool is designed to do, and I know...
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...
Unexpected Transformation
As coaches, we are in a privileged position of working with clients who confidentially share their hopes and dreams with us, as well as their fears and frustrations. We help our client to find their path from where they are...