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...
Category: #7 – Direct Communication
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 âOutputâ competency, because trust is built as a result...
What listening to coaching in other languages has taught me
I'm not an idealist. I donât 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...
How to interrupt your coaching client
Written by guest blogger, Michael Stratford, MCC For more information on Michael, visit his website. Sometimes in a coaching interaction, we need to interrupt the current flow of the client talking in order to update, renew or reinvigorate the focus...
The important role of asking closed-ended questions
One of the most powerful âtools of tradeâ available to any coach is the ability to ask questions that provide maximum benefit to the client, so they uncover the knowledge and information they need in order to move forward. Coaches...
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...
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 Present to Client Language
One of the best ways for a coaching client to feel heard is to use the clientâs language in our reflections, messages and questions. There are many of the ICF core competencies affected by how well the coach listens including...
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...