I’m often asked by my mentor coaching clients, how to stop clients who speak a lot, including if, how and when to interrupt a client.
That’s a great inquiry!
Here are some of my thoughts and different ideas, which have evolved over my years of coaching. This article ...
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Hands up anyone who enjoys being in conflict with someone? Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument with someone where there is often a ‘winner’ and a loser’ mentality. Maybe some people enjoy conflict, yet for the majority of people, we do not have a good experience of being in conflict with another person.
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I’ve recently been using this metaphor with mentoring clients, to convey how a coach engages with their client.
Metaphor is a direct form of communication, as it cuts through a lot of words and mental churn.
Through metaphor, our client connects more holistically to an internal picture that has movement, feeling, energy and sound. It’s a fully ...
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May I make an observation?
Who is willing to say no? Anyone?
My observation is when this question is asked of a coaching client, they don’t say no.
So what is the purpose of saying this rather than just making an observation to the client?
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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. There’s a puddle and you easily jump over it. As you continue walking at a comfortable pace, you hear a sound nearby. Then you see ...
As coaches, we have our #1 “Power Tool,” which is our ability to craft open-ended questions, that allow our coaching client to dig deeper into their self-knowledge for what they already know, believe or feel about something they are exploring.
However, there is another “Power Tool” we have as coaches which ...
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I’m currently in an inquiry to more deeply understand the Creating Awareness PCC Markers because I notice that these markers are often missing when I assess coaching recordings, and they are also very relevant for MCC skill level.
As an ICF Assessor in the new PCC Marker ...
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One of the most powerful distinctions I can offer coaches I’m 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 beings. We feel optimistic, which might bring ...
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You may have heard the saying, “Silence is Golden.” When I did some research on this saying, I found that it is a part of a saying that goes, “Speech is silver and silence is golden.”
As coaches, we are oriented to helping our clients to become the best version of themselves, to believing in their capabilities, and to support in their confidence to achieve what it is they are seeking to.