A few weeks ago one of our coaching students asked a very good question: “What are the books every coach really needs to read?” Now let’s face it, you’re not going to become a fantastic coach merely by reading about coaching.  That said, you’re also not going to become a fantastic coach if you never

My opening coaching question has changed. I used to ask: “What would you like to talk about today?” Now I ask: “What would you like to work on today?” It may seem like a subtle shift. The word “talk” is replaced by the word “work.” Yet it is anything but subtle. It defines the nature

Coaches are communicators.  We specialize in effective communication in order to draw out what’s inside our client’s head, straighten out their tangled thought noodles, and clarify the fuzzy pictures of what’s possible.  And one of the most effective ways to communicate well is the use of metaphors – a figure of speech that describes an