Monday, May 13, 2019If you are fortunate enough to be offered a coach, here are five keys to getting the most out of the experience. It’s not just about getting your money’s worth. It’s about keeping the coach on his or her toes, and truly accelerating your growth. Category: Coaching Impact
Friday, April 5, 2019Understanding the Executive Coaching Literature With coaching science in mind, every coach can answer these 3 questions: Does coaching work? How and why does it work? What is the wider impact of coaching? Categories: Coaching Effectiveness, Coaching Impact
Tuesday, August 28, 2018An acknowledgement recognizes the whole of the person, both who they are being and what they are doing. It does so in specific and evocative language that feels true to both the giver and receiver. An acknowledgement is more a statement of a shared reality than a judgement. It focuses slightly more on who the person is being than on what they are doing. Categories: Coaching Impact, Cognitive Biases, Strengths, Blog
Tuesday, August 28, 2018Acknowledgement of the client is every bit as important (maybe more so) as asking powerful questions, active listening, or planning and goal setting. Acknowledgement is a foundational element of the coach/client relationship that builds the trust and intimacy needed to do the rest of the work. Categories: Coaching Impact, Cognitive Biases, Strengths, Blog
Wednesday, June 6, 2018It’s time for everyone, not just leaders, to grow faster to avoid burnout and keep up, or even get ahead, of external forces of change. That means living and thriving on the growth edge, like what happens in a good coaching session. Categories: Leadership Coaching, Coaching Impact, Blog
Monday, July 31, 2017On May 19, 2017 the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine published our article entitled “Compendium of health and wellness coaching.” Categories: Wellness, Coaching, Coaching Impact, healthcare
Thursday, October 13, 2016“Do not try to call them… to where you are, as beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place that neither you nor they have been before.”Categories: Coaching Impact, Coaching Effectiveness, Blog, Multiplicity of Mind, Positive Psychology