Every single coaching client (and their corporation) I’ve worked with over the past 21 years wants a result from our coaching. That’s a given in every coaching engagement. Yet the way we engage with our client makes a huge difference...
Category: #6 – Powerful Questioning
Craft customized questions
Two of the most powerful tools of trade of a professional coach is really listening to the client, and asking open-ended questions informed by that listening, which allow the client to discover something for themselves. The ICF definition of Powerful...
Helicopter coaching views
I’m always searching for new and interesting ways to describe coaching skills to the coaches I’m mentoring toward their ICF credential. This is one metaphor I’ve used for a while, so thought I’d share it here too. It involves a...
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...
The Power of using How questions
Recently, one of our mentoring clients was coaching on our group mentoring call, and we noticed a very powerful thing occur. The coach (thank you Laura) was using a lot of “How” questions. The client was able to articulate her...
Exploring the nuances of the ICF PCC Markers for Competency #6 “Powerful Questioning”
By Karen Boskemper, PCC and Co-leader of The Mentor Coaching Group As an ICF Assessor and Mentor Coach, I'm always working with the PCC Markers. As with everything new that we learn, it takes time for our neural pathways to...
Target these Competencies for Client Success!
Let’s face it; there’s nothing like receiving some acknowledgement to make you feel good! As coaches and mentors, listening for what we can genuinely acknowledge in our client is an essential skill, one that builds trust and supports the client...
Group Coaching: how organizations can build a sustainable coaching culture
Have you ever struggled to answer these questions: “What is group coaching? How does it differ from individual coaching? What results do you get from group coaching?” Holly Williams of the Magus Group, recently co-authored the book, Being Coached: Group...
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, “I need a big win. Things just aren’t going my way.” A coach can challenge...
Unconscious Bias in coaching
Written by co-leader of The Mentor Coaching Group, Karen Boskemper, PCC. Here's where you'll find more about Karen. In preparation for a Gender Equality workshop I’ll be leading for a client, I was recently doing some research on biases. I...