Planning takes time. Time to think, explore, consider, reflect, define, choose, prioritize, strategize, and get specific with action steps. The barrier to dedicating time for …
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Accountability
How do you define accountability? Accountability means having responsibilities, either to others or to ourselves. How do you manage accountability? As an individual, we are …
The Use of Coaching in the Emergency Services Field
First responders, firefighters, medical personal, and police officers deal with the public 24/7. At times, the interaction between the public and emergency personal can be …
Coaching is More Than the Coaching Sessions
Coaching is More Than the Coaching Sessions By Cathy Liska During coach training, the focus is on how to prepare as a coach and how …
Being a Respectful Coach
By Cathy Liska What does it mean to be respectful as a coach? Respect includes respecting yourself and respecting others. Respect means caring about how …
What Can a Coach Fix?
What Can a Coach Fix? By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ To answer the question, “What can coaching fix?” start by understanding what a coach is and …
The Gift of Listening
The Gift of Listening By Cathy Liska Listening, really listening, is a gift. How often do you want that gift? How often do you give …
Assertiveness Techniques
By Pete Liska https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteliska/ Clear, direct language is respectful and a coaching competency. During coach training for my Certified Professional Coach certification, we learned say …
Coaching Questions
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 …
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 …