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The more people who know about you, the more likely you are to get hired. One way to let more people know about you is to be an expert. This might sound counter to coaching since a foundational premise of coaching is that the client is the expert, but even then, you are the expert
What do some people think when it comes to coaching? Well, they think the wrong things. Here are ten of the most common misunderstandings I’ve seen or heard from coaches and non-coaches alike: Coaches mostly give advice. People who know next to nothing about professional coaching assume it’s a lot like mentoring or advising. It’s
“Suppressing the desire to swing creates more activity in a baseball player’s brain than when he actually hits the ball.” I read that quote a few minutes ago and it has stirred up a bunch of brain activity for me. I’ll type it out again so you don’t have to go back up and re-read
Patrick serves as pastor of a large, historic church that has a strong and positive legacy in the community. It’s the kind of church where stained glass windows are named in honor of someone’s rich grandfather, but it’s also a vibrant church where the gospel is preached. The church has grown too large for their
A coach can open up a client’s world by making them aware that there are an infinite number of possibilities between two choices. I had a client who wasn’t sure whether to speak up in a meeting. Someone had said something that my client had considered at best wrong and at worst offensive. He chose
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
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Coaching Skills Just Beyond the Basics
Competencies That Create Awareness
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