{"id":4929,"date":"2014-03-07T06:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T06:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2022-09-18T17:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:49:05","slug":"practice-adjusting-to-client-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/practice-adjusting-to-client-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Adjusting to Client Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMAG1575\"<\/a>by guest blogger Mikayla Phan<\/p>\n

As my new client and I shifted from her sharing the past achievements from the previous week, I asked her about her goals for this next week.\u00a0 One thing that I noticed was her use of generalizations.\u00a0 When she was describing her goals for organizing her file storage space at home, she said, \u201cThey always<\/i> end up misplacing them and therefore cause me to always <\/i>be overdue with my deadlines at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

To explore a different possibility, I replied, \u201cThink about whether your important things really always<\/i> get swept away and really never <\/i>make it to your storage area.\u201d\u00a0 She thought about it for a second.\u00a0 \u201cWell, no, that\u2019s not true.\u201d\u00a0 Then she gave me several examples.\u00a0 After asking some open ended questions about the storage area, it was determined she felt pressured into organizing it because her husband wanted her to (an external source of motivation).\u00a0 I asked, \u201cIn addition to what your husband wants for the organization of the storage area, what will this mean to you?\u201d\u00a0 This one she had to think about and then she said, \u201cWell, I guess it gives me the chance to separate my work papers from my home papers.\u201d<\/p>\n

After we chatted about the process to achieve this goal, I asked her how she felt about it now.\u00a0 She said it was helpful in changing her motivation because she had wanted to organize the storage space in her home, and had felt less motivated because her husband kept reminding her to do it.\u00a0 It was during the coaching<\/a> session that she realized that she wanted to organize this storage space even more than her husband wanted her to do it.\u00a0 Now she feels this will have significant affect on both her work and home offices.<\/p>\n

By using the knowledge from the coaching class<\/a>, I was able to put a tremendous amount of information to practice with my new client.\u00a0 I am very glad I was able to practice the challenge because I feel I was a more efficient coach, which helped build my confidence and benefitted my client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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