{"id":6950,"date":"2016-10-27T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2024-06-29T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T19:08:19","slug":"confidence-and-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/confidence-and-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence and Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12261\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-921x692.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx-470x352.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xxxxx.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confidence and Coaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How much of a factor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-for-building-confidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confidence<\/a>?\u00a0 The answer to this next question gives insight: How often are people holding themselves back?\u00a0 The reality is that confidence is a factor in success or failure.\u00a0 Too little confidence prevents people for moving forward.\u00a0 Being overly confident can burn bridges or obscure circumstances.\u00a0 An appropriate level of confidence supports moving past barriers and taking action to create success.<\/p>\n<p>How does confidence come up in coaching?\u00a0 Ironically, while confidence is a factor for all of us, many are uncomfortable discussing it, unsure how to address the topic, or unaware of the impact.\u00a0 During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforcoachingcertification.com\/certified-professional-coach-training\/program-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching certification<\/a> confidence is discussed. By completing coach training the coaches learn to listen deeply and recognize when to asking probing questions.\u00a0 This helps bring the topic to the forefront so that it can be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>What are different coaching techniques?\u00a0 Approaches to developing confidence include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask questions for awareness of the level of confidence and the impact<\/li>\n<li>Ask for a list of past successes<\/li>\n<li>Ask about positive traits<\/li>\n<li>Ask for a list of skills<\/li>\n<li>Design actions for quick wins<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge progress and success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/selfconf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confidence<\/a> is a factor and yes, it is appropriate for coaches to ask: What is your level of confidence for moving forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much of a factor is confidence?\u00a0 The answer to this next question gives insight: How often are people holding themselves back?\u00a0 The reality is &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[70,464,116,119,465,77,48,85,45,50,86,118,466,84,463,462,115,134,117],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-coach-certification","tag-business-coach-training","tag-career-coach-certification","tag-career-coach-training","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-executive-coach-training","tag-goals","tag-health-coach-certification","tag-health-coach-training","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6950"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12262,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions\/12262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}