Tiffany Hafendorfer

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Are We Teaching Too Shallow?

In coaching and adult education, we often begin with the same question: What Skills Need Development? It’s a valid question. It’s also a limiting one. Because genuine learning doesn’t just…

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Trauma-Informed Coaching for First Responders: A Culturally Competent Approach

Understanding the Cultural Landscape of First Responders First responders, including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers serve on the frontlines of trauma, often for decades. Their professional lives are…

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To Coach and Human Better, We Must Stretch

To Coach and Human Better, We Must Stretch When I set out on a solo nomadic adventure on January 1, 2018, I had no idea it would transform me as…

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How Stress Impacts Leadership and How Coaching Can Help

How Stress Impacts Your Leadership and How Coaching Can Help Does Your Stress Impact Others You Work With? “What’s the status of this project? It was due yesterday.” You blink…

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What if Mindset Isn’t Step One?

What if Mindset Isn’t Step One? We often say coaching is about shifting perspective. That insight changes everything. And a lot of the time, it does. But then there are…

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The Power of First Impressions in Coaching

As a leadership coach, I am continuously reminded of the critical role first impressions play in coaching engagements. In today’s fast-paced professional landscape, leaders often make swift, instinctive decisions about…

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Team Coaching Beyond Frameworks: Creating Space for Teams to Grow

The Call to Something More Many coaches reach a tipping point. They’ve spent years working one-to-one, helping leaders navigate complexity, make decisions, and grow into the best of themselves. It’s…

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Building Bridges: How Strong Relationships Elevate Coaching Impact

What if the biggest barrier to success wasn’t a lack of skill — but a failure to connect? In coaching, we talk a lot about strategies — how to motivate…

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Mental Well-Being: A Coach’s Must-Have Toolbox

Over the years, I’ve watched the coaching landscape change. Mental well-being is no longer an optional skill. It’s essential. As a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and an ICF…

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Action Plans Reimagined: 3 Coaching Strategies

In the art of coaching, few structures have been as celebrated — and as misunderstood — as the action plan. Positioned at the final stage of many sessions, this component…

Tiffany Hafendorfer

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