"Designing the Alliance" | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis month's "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive was chosen to fit our theme of setting boundaries with clients and designing our coach-client alliance. Ben is a Master Certified Coach, a popular contributor to this blog and he is all about making growing as a coach fun! As a mentor coach he has helped countless coaches improve their skills and get ICF certified ...and I'm personally a big "Ben" fan! Ben Dooley, "Coaching Skill...
Aha! Moments: Exercise 3 - "Invite in Qualities" to Be Your Best! | by Marcy Nelson-GarrisonThe "Inviting in Qualities" is a powerful grounding exercise that's useful before going into a situation where you want to be your best or that might be challenging. It's an adaptation of the Navajo "Beauty Before Me" prayer. By doing this as a session you are teaching a client how to do this on their own, and you can also use it for yourself. When to Use: In Session / Homework Best When: Preparing for something challenging or scary, when you wan...
The Seven Wisdoms - WISDOM FOUR - Speak Empowering Language | By Fran Fisher, MCC This week we continue a series of articles by Fran Fisher MCC, based on her book, "Calling Forth Greatness, Seven Coaching Wisdoms for Transforming Your Life". Fran is a Master Certified Coach, Author, Speaker, and Champion for Learning, Growth and Transformation. In this series, Fran shares her passion for bringing the empowerment philosophy and principles of coaching into everyday living. Her vision is a world where the coaching approach is w...
NEWS: "The Heart of Coaching" Exclusive Giveaway Event - From February 14th to March 7th 2017!Dear Coaches, Helpers and Healers! We KNOW the work you do! YOU empower, heal, grow, encourage, teach and champion. Your clients take leaps, develop powerful skills, claim their gifts, step into courage, become more resilient, experience greater success, live on purpose and honor core values - because of you! That creates huge ripples. So myself, Garry Schleifer of choice Magazine & Marcy Nelson-Garrison of the Coaching Toys Store came together t...
Create a Pause for Clients via Quarterly Reviews or Retreats | by Jennifer Britton MES, CHRP, CPT, PCCWith 17 Questions to Consider Many years ago, during my research writing From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching I asked the question, "What is the benefit of team and group coaching?" One of the more popular responses was, "The pause that group and team coaching creates." In today's busy and ever-changing world, having a pause point to stop and reflect on what is working - and what is not - is rare. So as coaches, creating t...
Boost Your Coaching Confidence With These 3 Easy Tools | By Jenn DanielsonOver the past few weeks, I've spoken to several coaches who were lacking confidence. They knew - logically - that they were good coaches, but they weren't sure they were doing a "good" job as a coach and were questioning their connections to themselves, to coaching and to their clients. These coaches had received great training and feedback, as well as tangible, positive coaching outcomes. They were externally validated, yet missing a significant...
How to Boost Mindfulness with Guided Meditation & Journaling! | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCCAs a coach, I love using evidence-based tools and practices to support my clients (and myself) in achieving mindful awareness. I have found that mindfulness leads to greater feelings of well-being, balance, clarity and peace, and two of my favourite mindfulness practices are guided meditation and journal writing. While these practices are powerful on their own, this article offers an exercise for combining them for increased mindfulness, relaxati...
Workshop Exercise for Stress Management: "Keep Your Balloons in the Air!"This is an extremely simple exercise that demonstrates how easily we can get overwhelmed, the value of teamwork and how stress builds up. It can be shortened by cutting out the writing on the balloon part. Note: Although the description seems long, it IS a quick exercise! Especially Good for: Groups of all sizes - especially large groups. Great for Everyone (especially Moms, Parents, Youth), Team-building, Energising, Bringing Fun to Stress, Time...
6 Zen Principles to Be a Highly Masterful Coach! | By Fran Fisher, MCCWith this article, we introduce a brand new guest author - Fran Fisher, MCC. Fran is one of the pioneers in our coaching industry - I hope you enjoy this short, powerful article! Imagine a world where these are guiding principles, not just for coaches, but for how we are all being in all of our relationships. Each of these Principles is designed to spark new insights and perspectives. Open to the possibility that when you honor these Principles y...
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