For those of you who know The Target Approach, youâll know that I consider the ICF Core Competency of Creating Awareness to be an âOutputâ competency, because it is a result or output of some of the other core competencies...
Category: #8 – Creating Awareness
Group Coaching: how organizations can build a sustainable coaching culture
Have you ever struggled to answer these questions: âWhat is group coaching? How does it differ from individual coaching? What results do you get from group coaching?â Holly Williams of the Magus Group, recently co-authored the book, Being Coached: Group...
Assist your Coaching Client to Access Different Possibilities
There are two things I absolutely love to participate with regularly that reflect core values of mine: Bikram Yoga, and swimming in warm ocean water. These are among my favorite activities (along with watching high-performance athletes in action, and hanging...
Assisting Your Client to Move Themselves Out of a Story
Sometimes our clients get caught up in a story they are telling themselves, either about themselves, others, or their situation. They may say something like, âI need a big win. Things just arenât going my way.â A coach can challenge...
The power of making distinctions
Iâm a regular Bikram Yoga student, and recently one of the teachers said the following, âMake sure you are working to your bodyâs edge, while listening to your bodyâs limits.â This was such a great distinction and had me stop...
Ways a Coach completes a session
My last blog article was on âWhen a coaching session really begins.â In this article, I want to address the ways a coach completes a coaching session with their client. Here are five of the main ICF core competencies most...
When a Coaching Session Really Begins
A coaching session is a structured conversation so both coach and client know that this is a coaching conversation that has a purpose, versus just having a nice conversation. Thereâs a definite beginning and an ending to a coaching session,...
Great Coaching is Not Time Bound
As someone who trains and mentor coaches, Iâll often hear coaches say that if they had more time in a coaching session, they would have been able to ask this or say that. Some coaches say that 30 minutes isnât...
Be Curious About Client Meaning and Language
I recently attended a Panel Discussion at my local Performing Arts Center. The title of the discussion was, âDo the Arts Make Us Better People?â The moderator started out by saying that we need to define what âbetterâ means. She...
Why a Coach Cannot Create Awareness for the Client
I was delighted to be invited by the International Coach Federation (ICF) to write an article for the November 2013 issue of Coaching World. That article came out today, so I thought I'd share it with you! "In my years...