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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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Flexing to Different People

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ My previous blogs I discussed personality types, examples of these personality types, and coaching different personality types.  I will continue examples …

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Different at Different Times

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ During coach training we develop coaching competencies.  Identifying and adjusting to personality in the moment develops the competencies of Presence and …

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Understanding Your Client

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ When coaching, you are asking many questions to keep your client moving forward, moving towards something.  If you don’t understand your …

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Setting the Foundation for Engaging Coaching Clients

Listening

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ What is the difference between not really listening and listening with intention?  During my coaching certification as part of my homework, …

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Listen Intentionally

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ With and when intentionally listening, the focus is on the speaker, not the listener.  The ideal goal is to concentrate on …

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The ICF Code of Ethics

By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ The International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics defines the relationship between a coach and a client, what the ICF expects …

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