Visuals or Info-graphics as Coaching Tools

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Given that 40% of people are primarily visual and many more are secondarily so, visuals, diagrams, or info-graphics are great tools for coaches.  As an example, when explaining coach training or coaching certification classes in a webinar, a visual of the model and process for coaching helps people understand coaching.  As a coach offering services, a diagram or visual on your website can be helpful for clients.  Additionally, diagrams or info-graphics on social media garner attention.

Take the idea of visuals past explaining coach training or coaching services and consider it a tool for clients to organize their thoughts, gain clarity, and/or remember something.  As a coach the more easily you can create diagrams, info-graphics, or visuals, the more easily you can help a client during a coaching session by creating it for them as they talk and explore or by helping them create their own.  Creating a visual is a brainstorming opportunity too.

As an example, consider this visual of the change process:

 

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This illustration provides insight and sets up further exploration.

Visuals or diagrams are an opportunity for understanding.  An added benefit of visuals is how they engage people, much like stories do, in the idea, process, or plan.  Visuals serve as reminders too.

What visuals do you want to have on your website?

What visuals do you want to create with clients?

Cathy Liska

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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.

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