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<\/p>\nOne of the many great coaching tools is brainstorming.\u00a0 The word \u201cbrainstorming\u201d may bring up ideas of white boards with scattered ideas and the challenge of engaging or of managing enthusiasm of others.\u00a0 Brainstorming is a word for sharing and listing ideas.\u00a0 \u201cIdeation Session\u201d or \u201cCreative Thinking Session\u201d may improve the perspective of the value. <\/p>\n
Clients who are stuck say, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 One thing we learned during coach training is to reply, \u201cOK.\u00a0 If you did know, what are the possibilities?\u201d \u00a0That question may be followed by \u201cWhat are the benefits of staying where you are?\u201d when appropriate.\u00a0 Alternatively, another approach is to ask them if they were giving advice to someone else, what advice will they give?\u00a0 When the client is truly stuck and these questions do not produce insight or exploration, brainstorming offered as one approach to the conversation to choose from may lead to the sharing and listing of ideas.<\/p>\n
Brainstorming is the practice of coming up with multiple ideas offered by both the client and the coach<\/a> in turn.\u00a0 It helps to jumpstart the mind with new ideas.\u00a0 The idea itself does not matter because any idea can take the client into a new and interesting place of exploration.<\/p>\n With brainstorming, we realize that it is only our thinking holding us back. \u00a0For this reason, some general rules apply to brainstorming:<\/p>\n Brainstorming results in the client having a list of ideas to consider and choose from based on what they want.\u00a0 The beauty is that this list is theirs to explore and gain insight from, a jumpstart for moving forward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n