Coach Educators

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Shifting through the Seven Gears of a Coaching Conversation

As a professional coach, imagine that you are the chauffeur of every coaching conversation. Your client tells you their desired destination, and with your questions and observations, you drive them…

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Whatever You Do, Always Establish the Agenda

Early in my coaching career, I was fortunate to make—and get caught making—a major mistake. While listening to a recorded coaching session, my supervisor asked, “What was the agenda for…

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Using a Coaching Approach for Effective Decision-making

People make decisions every day from the trivial to the critical, such as changing careers, launching a business or making a large purchase. But how good are our decisions? According…

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Are You Budgeting for Emotional Intelligence?

My client, Sarah, hasn’t made any progress in our six weeks of coaching. She still has low self-esteem. She’s still very critical of herself, and she may be depressed. In…

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Lead with Greater Ease: Go Below the Waterline

Challenges at work (and in life!) are inevitable: tight deadlines, budget demands, relationship challenges …the list goes on. As a leader, you already know that the question isn’t about what…

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Ending the Rumination Game for Our Clients

We’ve all experienced the client who can’t let go of an event. It’s the CEO who wishes she hadn’t screwed up the pitch. Or, the team leader who can’t believe…

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How to Stress Less

The statistics about stress are staggering. According the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2017: Nearly eight in 10 people regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress; almost half say they…

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A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: The Art of Graphic Coaching

Coaching is a transformational experience that can dive deep into the mind, body and soul of a client. While some coaches encourage clients to feel the experience through embodiment, it…

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Coaching Through the Outdoors

My client grasps wildly for options, finding each insufficient. I stand back holding space, ready to support and willing to encourage. Amazingly, she reached this state about half an hour…

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The Ultimate Power Couple: Professional Coaches and Change Management Professionals

As someone who knows a lot about individual’s behavior change and organizational systems changes, I sometimes feel like an imposter. Over the past three years, I’ve researched, published and designed…

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