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Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

Podcast: https://www.coachcert.com/podcast.html

Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/en/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html

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Coaching Questions

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By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ During coach training with the Center for Coaching Certification (CCC), we reviewed different types of questions and were given specific tips …

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V-A-K and Coaching

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ First, what is/are V-A-K?  V = Visual, A = Auditory, K = Kinesthetic.  These refer to learning styles.  A visual learner …

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Limiting Language

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ Because we all process so much information we have learned ways to manage the information.  This is helpful on a day-to-day …

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Goal Setting

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ During coach training an example was given as follows: Imagine going to a travel agent and asking them to book your …

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Ethics in Coaching

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ Untrained coaches and coaching clients alike may not know or be aware of the coaching Code of Ethics. Coaching clients also …

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The Paradox of Coaching

The Paradox of Coaching By Cathy Liska   Cathy@CoachCert.com Coaching skills can be used in mentoring, managing, counseling or therapy, consulting, and leading. Mentoring, managing, counseling …

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