The question comes up during coach training: “How do coaching skills apply in workplace conversations when it is something other than coaching?” The people and …
Coaching Skills Applied in Conversations at Work
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …