{"id":5528,"date":"2015-03-11T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2022-09-18T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T16:37:22","slug":"powerful-moments-of-silence-in-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/powerful-moments-of-silence-in-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Moments of Silence in Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do quiet moments enhance coaching? Offering time and space for digestion gives a client the chance to comprehend a new awareness or develop a new connection to present challenges being focused upon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes a coach steps into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coaching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching<\/a> relationship in which the client is stressed and disconnected. As a client speaks and focuses the agenda, it is the coach\u2019s job to create space for the client. This can sometimes mean powerful moments of quiet.<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps after a question is extended from the coach, the client wants time to consider the question before stating an answer.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes knowing that it is okay to take a moment gives clients the opportunity to decompress, and reconnect to the agenda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Silence can be a fabulous tool for those places when a client feels stuck. Helpful silence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5689 size-medium\" title=\"Powerful Moments of Silence in Coaching\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Powerful Moments of Silence in Coaching\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-866x1536.jpg 866w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-1155x2048.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-34x60.jpg 34w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Powerful-Moments-of-Silence-in-Coaching-scaled.jpg 1443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>includes time for taking in acknowledgements and brainstorming.<\/p>\n<p>Questions that offer client\u2019s space before replying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sitting with it for a moment, tell me your ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Taking a moment to consider, how will this look?<\/li>\n<li>Give yourself time to be with this, what else?<\/li>\n<li>Think about what the next layer looks like.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on some different perspectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The more comfortable a coach becomes with these created spaces, the more a client gains from them. As rapport and trust build, the coaching relationship itself offers vehicle to use as a reliable reflection of what is going on within the client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do quiet moments enhance coaching? 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