Whether managing people, parenting, volunteering, or participating in community events, coaching skills make leadership easier. True leadership is about empowering others and enhancing their innate …
Creating a Coaching Culture at Work
Benefits of a Coaching Culture
Remember the decision maker (parent, community leader, or boss) saying, “my way or the highway” as the standard? Then it shifted to, “I’ll say what …
Coaching and a Coaching Culture Differentiated
The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “a strategic partnership in which the coach empowers the client to clarify goals, create action plans, move …
Coaching Compared with Other Roles
As of this writing, coaching remains widely misunderstood. Some think of sports coaching where the coach is telling the athletes what to do and driving …
Reflection
In the examples shared in this blog series, the client in the story moved through many phases and worked in many areas of their life. …
Coaching to Build a Life
During coach training we discuss the importance of a client choosing what to focus on and also empowering the client in terms of how to …
Coaching for Practical Situations
In following the story of a coaching client, we moved through transitions after leaving a job, building confidence, prioritizing, finding a job, negotiating, starting a …
Coaching to design a Career Path
After working with Katrina to develop strategies for starting her new job as outlined in the previous blog, I also asked questions about personal significance, …
Coaching to Develop Workplace Strategies
This blog series continues with the client in the story preparing for her new job. In preparation for this, I reflected on the balance between …
Coaching to Prepare for Negotiating
After working through the possibilities of her job offers and making her decision, Katrina wanted to work on negotiating her best deal. Per our initial …