Coaching Skills
Three Important Points about Strengthening Empathy
People sometimes ask us, “Why do you place such a strong emphasis on paraphrasing in your work? We do it for multiple reasons and one important one is to connect to the emotions expressed by the speaker. In order to connect to the emotions, you must first feel those emotions. For without those feelings, you…
Read MoreThree Ways to Create New Possibilities with Your Client
In coaching, there is typically a gap between where the client currently is and where she or he desires to be. Our role, as coach, is to support the client in closing the gap, either partially or completely. We have this saying in our Level II seminar: “Think what you’ve never thought, write what you’ve…
Read MoreConnecting to Your Client
This month we’re centered on three important behaviors of a coach as she meets with her client in a coaching conversation, virtually or in person. Earlier, we considered important ways for a coach to prepare for a coaching conversation. Today, let’s zoom in on an important way to be in the coaching conversation. It begins…
Read MoreWhy Choose An Accredited Coaching Program
Previously, we discussed becoming a credentialed coach. Here is a video by the International Coach Federation about their organization.
Read MoreTo Be or Not to Be…A Credentialed Coach
In light of the recent college admissions scandal, the importance of knowing the background of your “coach” and the credibility of training, experience, and ethics looms large in our collective awareness. William “Rick” Singer, who actively worked on “coaching” students about their college applications and worked with parents who were stressed about the admissions process…
Read MoreOne Word
I first heard a Superintendent speak about his one word in one of my Webinar check ins. “One Word” for the year. When I first heard about it, I was curious . . . but not enough to learn any more about it. Interesting . . . but not compelling me to action – not…
Read MoreHumility vs. Hubris
Results Coaching Global faculty instructors and coaches had a strong presence at the 2019 Learning Forward conference held in Dallas earlier this month. As we presented, coached and had casual conversations with others during this learner-focused conference, we continued to receive push back on the idea that “advice is toxic”. People embrace coaching—to a certain…
Read MoreBoosting Our Emotional Intelligence: The 90 Second Rule
The focus of this month’s social media is to examine three ways to boost our emotional intelligence while managing our reactions to others. In the Ezine we looked at Mary Beth O’Neill’s four steps for reactivity management. In this Blog, we will look at Jill Bolte Taylor’s 90 Second Rule. In her book, My Stroke…
Read MoreBoosting Our Emotional Intelligence: The 3R Model
Continuing our social media focus on ways to boost our emotional intelligence while managing our reactions to others, we will learn a strategy offered by Tasha Eurich in her book Insight. Previously, we looked at Mary Beth O’Neill’s four steps for reactivity management and Jill Bolte Taylor’s 90 Second Rule. Eurich offers the 3R Model…
Read MoreAll the Puzzle Pieces Came Together
In the previous e-zine, we wrote about El Campo school district, and the focus on results coaching. Student success was achieved throughout the district. This story highlights one of the success stories. Northside Elementary School historically struggled with student achievement scores. At the end of the 2017 school year, 70% of 5th grade students passed…
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