7 Things to Consider When You Set Goals with Groups & Teams | By Jennifer BrittonGoal setting is the heart of any coaching process. Whether I'm working with a team or supporting a group, there are several things to keep in mind when working with goals when coaching "many" - a group or a team. This article explores seven considerations when working with goals in any group or team coaching process. #1 - Be Clear On The Focus of The Goal When coaching teams and groups around goals, one of the distinctions to make early on is "Wh...
What are the Challenges of Being a Coach? 30 Negative Effects from Research | by Kerryn Griffiths PhD, PCCEditors Foreword: This article is more technical than usual - with academic research included. It also answers the question, "What do these negative effects this mean for our practice?" and wraps up with 4 practical suggestions. Written by Kerryn Griffiths, whose PhD was on "The Process of Learning in Coaching", this article is from her archives of "Coaching Research in Practice". A significant portion of the coaching research to date has been de...
5 Incredibly Helpful Coaching Questions to Add to Your Toolkit - and Why! | By Ruby McGuireI don't know about you but when I first started out as a coach I was on a never-ending quest to find THE best coaching questions. I would scribble them down when I was reading books, or being coached myself and remember having a HUGE list of questions on paper when I did my first coaching calls. Prior to that there were scraps of paper, post-it notes and index cards all over my desk. I remember complaining to my own coach about it and she could s...
The Skill of Intruding | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive helps coaches with a valuable skill - that of intruding! Because with some clients we just can't get a question in edgeways! How DO you "intrude" in a coachlike way? What's the difference between intruding and interrupting? What other reasons might there be for a coach to 'intrude' with a client? Listen to find out 🙂 Ben is a Master Certified Coach, mentor coach - and a popular contribut...
Be Confident INFOGRAPHIC with 11 Ideas and Tips to Be More Confident!With our focus on leadership and confidence this month, we've created this infographic to inspire you—and share. 3 ways to share this graphic on social media and build engagement: EASY: Ask your fans and followers, "Which Tip most applies to you?" or "Which Tip will you try to live more in your life?" MEDIUM: Share the graphic, and include a couple of sentences about your favourite tip - and why! CHALLENGE: Taking each tip in turn, write a few se...
3 Skills You Need to Be a Leader in Your Coaching Biz (even though it feels scary!) | By Ruby McGuireThere are many skills you need to be a good leader. Being a leader of anything can feel exciting and scary all at once, and being a leader in your business, well that's a whole new level of scary! Here are my top 3 to help you step up and lead more in your coaching business: 1) Relationship Building To be a really good leader you need to be able to build good relationships – with your clients, collaboration partners, your team, your colleagues. P...
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...
10 Inspiring and Awesome Coaching Quotes ABOUT Coaching! [for you to share]These quotes were created for you to share during International Coaching Week - but can be used at ANY time to share what's great about coaching! It's hard to find great quotes about coaching! But we did some research and chose these 10 quotes, making them into beautiful graphics for coaches to share during ICF International Coaching Week. Here at The Coaching Tools Company, our mission is to inspire coaches and help spread the positive impact of...
Virginia Satir's 6 Stages of Change & What it Means for Coaches! | By Emma-LouisePlease Note: In writing this article, I found it so interesting that I got a bit carried away! So this article is a bit longer than usual, but still less than 5 minutes to read - and it's a great way to envisage where your client might be at in the change process and pick up some tips for how to help them. I have always been an admirer of Virginia Satir and her pioneering approach to family therapy. She recognized the family is a SYSTEM, and that...
Stop Feeling Pressured To Create Aha Moments For Your Clients! | By Ruby McGuireWith 3 Ways to Make it Easier! What is your definition of an "Aha Moment"? I know I want to be the coach that gives my clients clarity - to me this is what "Aha moments" are about. But when you hear the words 'aha moments', as in creating them for your clients, do they fill you with happiness or fear? I have worked with a number of clients that want to be the coaches that create lots of "aha moments" for their clients. It can become a stress poin...
