(Why) Give Your Client a HUG: A Huge Unbelievable Goal! Reading Time: 3 min I love HUGs, don't you? I'm talking about Huge Unbelievable Goals—where we inspire ourselves to live a bigger life with a huge goal: the bigger the better! The wonderful thing about HUGs is that... Read More...
10 Essential Questions to Help Your Client Identify Their Strengths! Reading Time: less than 1 min Many people can easily reel off their flaws and faults and yet stumble when asked, "So, what do you think your strengths are?" Which is why helping our clients identify strengths is a great service we can... Read More...
*UPDATED* The Most Powerful Question to Wrap up a Coaching Session - and Why! Reading Time: 2 min Over the years I have come to ask just one question to wrap-up a coaching session. But while the question remains the same, the answers vary significantly from client to client - and from week to... Read More...
The 5 Simplest Coaching Questions to Brainstorm Actions and Move Your Clients Forwards! Reading Time: less than 1 min Below are 5 of the simplest coaching questions that are super helpful when brainstorming actions. I find these questions useful in a business context because they are straightforward and immediately... Read More...
The Must-Ask Question For ALL Goals! With Questions To Explore Your Client's Goal Motivation Reading Time: 1 min 30 sec Setting goals—there's a whole science behind it! But if there was one question to ask at every goal-setting discussion what would it be? The Must-Ask Question For ALL Goals Top of my list is this... Read More...
The 5 Questions to ask when you Freeze & Don't Know What to Say Next! (with .PDF) Reading Time: 1 min 50 sec Never Get Stuck in a Coaching Session Again! It's happened to us all, especially when starting out: we freeze in a coaching session and literally can't think what to ask or say next. The great thing in... Read More...
What are Softeners in Coaching? With 7 Examples Reading Time: less than 1 min In coaching, softeners are simply a few words you use just before asking a difficult question to literally 'soften the blow'. By using a softener, you're subconsciously preparing your clients for a... Read More...
5 Helpful Questions to Ask When Your Client Says: I'll Try Reading Time: 2 min When a client says "I'll try", what they're really saying is they're not fully committed to the action in question... Do or do not, there is no try. Yoda (wise teacher from Star Wars movies) Just using... Read More...
10 Easy Questions to Get a Talkative Client to the Point! | by Emma-Louise Reading Time: 2 min Every one of us has had (or has!) a client who likes to tell stories and go into great detail about what happened to whom, when, where, how. There are a number of possibilities. For example, your client... Read More...