Coaching Skills
Beneath the Water Line
We use the iceberg as a metaphor for actions and behaviors that are seen above the surface, while thinking and emotions often remain beneath the surface—sometimes unseen and unexplored by others or even by ourselves. In thinking about the vast amount of uncertainty we have all experienced during the last two years, the emotions Brené…
Read MoreUncertainty & Complexity to Clarity – A Few Simple Options
In every Results Coaching Global seminar, in almost all coaching conversations, people share their feelings and behaviors of being overwhelmed. Of course, life is trying to get back to some normalcy, yet all around us, other signs say, caution, caution, caution. You are a professional, you are committed, you want to do a good job!…
Read MoreFive Disciplines of Team Coaching
Peter Hawkins, in his book, Leadership Team Coaching: Developing Collective Transformational Leadership, describes five disciplines that support a team coach to focus on the multiple relationships of the team. These relationships include the internal relationship among team members and the external relationship between the team as an entity and their stakeholders. The Five disciplines are:…
Read MoreEmploy Team Coaching for Sustainable Change
Almost every time we facilitate a Leadership Coaching for High Performance seminar, someone poses the question, “Can we use this with teams as well?” Our answer: “Of course. The same skills apply—the essential skills of committed listening, powerful paraphrasing, presuming positive intent, and reflective feedback.” However, there are some differences between individual coaching and team…
Read MoreWhen Do I Not Coach?
Again, Marcia Reynolds, in Coach the Person, Not the Problem, speaks to us about when not to coach. She says we Do Not Coach if we cannot do the following: Let go of how we want the conversation to go. If not, we lead, we force, and we solve which is contrary to what coaching is.…
Read MoreWhen Do I Coach?
Many people hold the misconception that coaching is ONLY about problems. In reality, there are many opportunities to coach which show up in both our personal and professional lives. According to Marcia Reynolds, in her book, Coach the Person, Not the Problem, she offers these possibilities as an ideal time for a coaching conversation. Exploring…
Read MoreWhat Coaching Is . . . AND . . . What It Is Not?
In our Level I seminar – Leadership Coaching for High Performance, you create a list in response to this question – What Is Coaching and What Is It Not? Here are some of your responses: What Coaching IS What Coaching Is Not Full presence Multi-tasking Non-judgemental Judgment Partnering Mentoring Now, add your own: What Coaching…
Read MoreMore GREAT EIG8Ts
In the first two parts of our focus on tips for leadership and communication, we looked at David Grossman’s GREAT EIG8T strategies for leadership and communication while connecting to our RCG communication skills and tools. In our article prior to this one, we shared his first four tips. They were: Lead Yourself First Know Your…
Read MorePart 2: Grossman’s “GREAT EIG8T”
Leading with heart can be especially challenging for leaders who are constantly under pressure from all different directions, as we are today. In this article, we invite you to consider the first four of Grossman’s “GreatEi8ht” strategies and align with our coaching strategies and tools. NUMBER 1: LEAD YOURSELF FIRST How many times in our…
Read MoreLeading with the Coach Heart
School is starting again and with that glorious time of the year also comes much planning and thoughtfulness about the past year, its goals and challenges; and as always, the new challenges and craziness are coming right at us. In this unprecedented time of societal and economic upheaval, leaders feel more powerless and anxious than…
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