I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that every coaching conversation I’ve ever conducted has included the client making at least one decision. Typically, the client makes far more than one decision per coaching session because a productive conversation is full of decisions: what to talk about, where to focus, …
Each of us has a preference for how we take in information and the kind of information we trust – what Carl Jung termed our perceiving function. I’m a big picture person – what the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator labels as an “intuitive.” If something can’t be said simply, concisely, and conceptually, I don’t value …
A few weeks ago, I started a series focused on coaching clients based on personality preferences. After a short break in May, it’s time to pick the topic back up with some attention to coaching introverts. Remember, the distinction between extroverts and introverts relates to one’s preferred ways of gaining and directing energy. Extroverts’ …
The International Coach Federation recently announced a change to their list of core competencies. The list and descriptions for each competency help coaches know what’s expected of a coach. The new list has eight competencies while the previous list had eleven. The only somewhat surprising change? The new list drops “Powerful Questioning”. Hmmm. Brian …
