{"id":7778,"date":"2018-01-22T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7778"},"modified":"2017-12-02T18:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T18:01:11","slug":"effective-empathy-when-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/effective-empathy-when-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective Empathy When Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Lee Massaro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leemassaro.com\">www.leemassaro.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heightened emotions are all around us.\u00a0 How do we deal with them?\u00a0 Do we want to avoid the discomfort they create, to shut them down, or pretend they are nonexistent?\u00a0 As a coach, parent, leader, friend, or co-worker, we often find ourselves in a position of wanting to do something to help the person who is swirling.\u00a0 The effective demonstration of empathy can empower the person we are helping and ourselves to move forward together.\u00a0 While many feel the capacity for empathy is something you either have or not, the ability to voice empathy is actually a skill you can hone.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7044 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mixing-personal-and-work-during-coaching-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mixing-personal-and-work-during-coaching-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mixing-personal-and-work-during-coaching-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my chapter, \u201cBe a Better Coach with Effective Empathy\u201d in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/resources\/recommended-reading\/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html\">Coaching Perspectives<\/a> VII, <\/em>I explore common pitfalls and proven techniques for improving this highly important communication tool of empathy.\u00a0 Learn about turning judgment to a generous outward focus, the skill of emotion naming, the potency of reflection, and the difference between having empathy and demonstrating it for the benefit of the client.<\/p>\n<p>I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training\/certified-master-coach\/master-coach-program-overview.html\">Certified Master Coach<\/a> and often work with executives and front-line leaders in the healthcare industry, where the transformative power of empathy is at work every day.\u00a0 My practical approach to the subject can be applied in any aspect of work and life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lee Massaro www.leemassaro.com Heightened emotions are all around us.\u00a0 How do we deal with them?\u00a0 Do we want to avoid the discomfort they create, &hellip; 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