*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...
BOOK REVIEW: "Difficult Conversations" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen Reading Time: less than 1 min ? "Difficult Conversations - How to discuss what matters most" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen In business and life we often avoid difficult conversations. Have you ever avoided: Asking... Read More...
Why Black and White Thinking May be Keeping Keep Your Clients Stuck! Reading Time: 3 min Often when a client is stuck, it's because they're looking at the world through a fixed Black and White or All or Nothing thinking filter. In NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) this is considered is a type... Read More...
3 Areas to Explore (with Questions) when Clients Don't Complete their Actions! (UPDATED) Reading Time: 3 min We've all had a client who SAYS they want to achieve a goal but consistently avoids and, for one reason or another, does not complete their actions. Our lives are complex these days - and our goal... Read More...
What is a Cognitive Distortion? And What You Need to Know About Them! Reading Time: 3 min What is a Cognitive Distortion? A Cognitive Distortion is where we focus on particular aspects of an experience (often the 'negative' ones) and ignore or discount other aspects—thereby "distorting" our... 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...
