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How does innovation happen? Usually by surprise. We often say, “You’ve stumbled onto something,” which means you got there by accident. You meant to step one direction, but something unseen made you step in a new direction. Then when you looked into this new direction, you were overwhelmed with all the possibilities. Helping people
One thing that initially attracted me to coaching was its application for spiritual growth. Coaching is a powerful tool for helping people grow stronger as they live out the Christian life and part of this power stems from the fact that coaching naturally makes space for what might be called “both/and thinking.” Instead of
A “maybe capacity” allows us not to get too attached to our client’s story or to our own internal responses. There is a discomfort with not forming an attachment to the client’s topic. Without a “maybe capacity”, I’m listening to the client waiting to hear my internal voice exclaim, “Oh, I know exactly what the
Recently I had a coaching client share something surprising. We were following up on a coaching relationship that had concluded nearly six months ago when she revealed, “If it hadn’t been for our coaching, I would have left the company.” Did I mention that I was surprised? To be honest, during our coaching relationship (which
In this post, I’d like to share with you some helpful insights related to issuing a challenge to your client. A challenge is an idea you (the coach) come up with that you suggest to your client. Let me start with a recent example. A few weeks ago I was coaching a young lady on
Coaches have to fail in public. We don’t have the luxury of failing where no one will see. We fail in front of a client, a group, or a team. And because of the publicness of our failure, we try not to fail. We take fewer chances. We decide not to dance in the moment.
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