As a mentor coach Iām often asked by coaches if there are some clients who arenāt ready to be coached on a deeper level or the āWho.ā My response is that it isnāt even a question for me to consider....
Category: #4 – Coaching Presence
Partner with your coaching client
At its essence, coaching exists to serve a client to clarify and move toward the greater success they desire to attain, and to help them clear any obstacles in the way. The role of the coach is to expertly apply...
Clients Don’t Need Advice
As coaches, we are hired to support our client to achieve their desired outcomes. Coaching is a partnership where the client brings knowledge about themselves, their circumstances, their strengths, hopes, fears, beliefs, mindset, and their life in general. The client...
Being Present Isn’t Easy
Without a doubt, one of the key coaching competencies is Coaching Presence. It is the center of the target in The Target Approach methodology Iāve created of how the ICF core competencies work in real life. There are two parts...
What’s the focus for this coaching session?
A coaching session is different from a conversation with a friend or colleague because it has a specific purpose. Not every conversation has a purpose. It is the responsibility of the coach to help the client to get the most...
Coaching Presence – dance with your coaching client
Great coaching is a flow of energy between coach and client, where you can't tell who is leading and who is following. This can be a difficult concept to grasp if you are identified with being in control, like running...
Coaching and performance anxiety
I'm guessing this has happened to you, as it has to me. When you are being assessed or evaluated in an exam process, do you move from your natural flow and knowing, into letting your mind take over and being...
Are you a problem-solving coach?
As a coach, we have a major influence on our clients by the mindset we enter the coaching relationship with, and how we apply that mindset to every interaction with the client. This is the backbone of our Coaching Presence.Ā ...
Re-contracting with your coaching client
Ā A coaching session is most effective when the client has a focus for the session. That can be a tight focus or a broad focus. Sometimes a client knows exactly what they want to use their coaching session for,...
Designing Actions occurs anytime in a coaching session
Ā Don't make the mistake of waiting until the end of a coaching session to firstĀ ask what actions the client is going to take. Here is a foolproof wayĀ to integrate many of the core coaching competenciesĀ in a way that supports...