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One of the most helpful ways to understand coaching more clearly is by distinguishing what coaching is from what coaching is not. Coaching is not mentoring, counseling, consulting or just being a friend. Coaching is not telling people what to do. Coaching is not being someone else’s expert. One of the best ways I’ve found
I’ll never forget that day. It was during the Thanksgiving season and my oldest son was home from college for the long weekend. I was fairly new to coaching at the time and my relationship with Chuck could be characterized this way: I would tell him what he should do….he wouldn’t do it….and then we
Kevin came into the coaching relationship eager for change – deep change that would create new contours in his character and prepare him for something big, bold, and life-altering. I admired his willingness to look deep within himself and the humility behind his openness to not just do things differently but to be someone different.
I got up early on a Saturday morning, usually one of the few days I might get to catch up on my sleep. A new client had signed up, which for a new coach is quite affirming. This client had a very demanding job and lived in a different time zone, so we ended up
Summertime is conference time for many people. Maybe you’re one of those who’s planning to attend and benefit from a conference in the coming months. I know I am – including a writer’s conference in June. (Since you’re reading my blog post, maybe you’re hoping the conference will improve my writing!) Conferences are great. You
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our coaching conversations are just that – conversations. According to Wikipedia, a conversation is a form of interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people. Did you see those two descriptors? Interactive Spontaneous What does it mean to have an interactive, spontaneous coaching conversation? Aren’t we
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