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Being a Confident Coach
A successful coaching engagement occurs when the coach and client are both confident in the coach, confident in the coaching process, and confident in the client. What does each type of confidence entail? Confidence in the Coach: The coach being … Read more
Coaching Face-to-face, on the Phone, or Virtually
Pre-pandemic 80% of all coaching was virtual. Since the pandemic, almost 100% of coaching is virtual. The coaches and clients who were meeting face-to-face were impacted the most. I had a funny conversation with one of our graduates, a coach … Read more
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Tagged camera, coach, coach training, coaching, Coaching Face-to-face, Face-to-face, on the Phone, or Virtually, pandemic, Phone, Virtually
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Telling is a Fail – Asking is a Win
Think about parenting a teenager. As much as parents want their children to listen to what they are told, sometimes teens just have to make their own mistakes. When they make their own mistakes, they learn and then they move … Read more
Advanced Development for Advanced Results
Coaches often wonder how to best explain what it is they do and offer in terms of being a coach. The International Coaching Federation, ICF, provides the definition of coaching: Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative … Read more
The Paradigm Shift
In coach training, many of the people in the program come with education and experience – a very impressive group each time! The paradigm in which they have functioned throughout their career is to be the expert and be the … Read more
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Tagged coach, coach training, coaching, ICF, Paradigm, Paradigm Shift, pro/con, SME, Subject Matter Expert, training
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S.M.A.R.T. Goals
The acronym for S.M.A.R.T. goals was coined in 1981 by a consultant named George T. Doran. The original definition was: Specific: target a specific area for improvement. Measurable: quantify, or at least suggest, an indicator of progress. Assignable: specify who will do it. … Read more
Who Takes Notes?
A common question in coach training is: During a coaching session, who takes the notes? The coach? The client? No one? Both? The answers to this include all these options. Some say no notes – this protects confidentiality and means … Read more
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Tagged coach, coach training, coaching, communication, ethics, GDPR, ICF, ICF Ethics, notes, organization, training
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Influence versus Control
Paul Kawkabany – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kawkabany-b7b2a811a/ One of the most significant questions in our lives that interfere with our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relations, and tolerance capacity is how much we feel we have control. What can I control? What don’t I control? … Read more
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Tagged actions, coach, coach training, Control, emotions, influence, Influence versus Control, plan, progress, training
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Metaphors in Coaching
By Paul Kawkabany – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kawkabany-b7b2a811a/ From the Greek “metaphora” which means “transport”, the metaphor has several advantages in coaching. The metaphor is one of the effective means to overcome blocking situations, to support or to bring about change. It consists … Read more
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Tagged art, coach, coach training, coaching, greek, metaphors, Metaphors in Coaching, perspectives, situation, training
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Learning Styles
By Paul Kawkabany – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kawkabany-b7b2a811a/ Each of us has a primary learning style from which we operate. We also use all of the styles. Our learning style, also described as a representational system, is also used for memory and decision … Read more