Radical Resilience - Why and How to Build it With Your Clients! | By Delaney Tosh CPCC, PCCWith 4 Steps to Build Resilience for High Performance & Work/Life Fulfillment As this recent December holiday season approached, I realized that everyone in my immediate circle (friends, clients, myself) was facing an excess of challenges. In particular, a woman I know had just taken on a challenging leadership role that included a longer commute. She had been brought in to 'turn the ship around' and her typical day now includes putting out fires...
3 Steps to "Marie Kondo" Your Coaching Business! | By Ruby McGuireIf you watch Netflix, you may have noticed that Marie Kondo, a Japanese Decluttering Expert, has a new 'hit' show called "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo". She previously wrote a best-selling book called "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up". But your home isn't the only thing that needs decluttering. What about your business? Well, inspired by Marie Kondo, I thought I'd share 3 tips, plus some great questions and actions you can take to declutter...
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...
9th ICF Life Vision & Enhancement Community Webinar: Compassionate Self-Care & Reflection with Elizabeth BishopIn 2017 the ICF created a brand new Community of Practice (CP) with a focus area of "Life Vision and Enhancement" - for those who do life coaching in their practices. I (Emma-Louise Elsey) was asked to co-lead this group along with Lynda Monk. In this post I'm excited to share the details of our 9th live session as co-leader of the ICF Life Vision & Enhancement Community of Practice (CP). Please note the following changes to these Community of Pr...
Why Declutter Your Workspace? 4 Powerful Reasons plus Journaling Activities to Help! | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCC Our coaching work spaces are like our closets - over time they get disorganized and filled with stuff that we no longer need or want. I have been an entrepreneur for nearly 20 years. During this time the focus of my business and offerings have evolved and changed - I am a Registered Social Worker, Life Coach, Trainer, Facilitator, avid Journal Writer and Speaker! My physical office location has moved 8 times, and for the past 4 years I have had...
What is Language Coaching? And Who & How Does it Help? by Beáta KovácsLanguage Coaching might not be the most well-known field of the coaching industry, but it is getting more and more attention. In this article Beáta highlights the key elements of Language Coaching, who benefits from it and how we can make excellent use of it. What is Language Coaching? Language Coaching supports people who speak foreign (non-native) languages - either in the language learning process or in their everyday or professional active us...
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...
The Journey Ahead: 7 Ways Coaches Can Help - published in choice Magazine (COVID edition)The recent issue of choice Magazine was the important ways coaches can help their clients during the global pandemic. And Emma-Louise Elsey has a featured article! "The Journey Ahead - 7 Ways Coaches Can Help" by Emma-Louise Elsey Published in (Volume 18, Number 3), and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine of professional coaching www.choice-online.com Included in this article: The 3 stages of chance and 7 ways coaches can help -...
Spooky Coaching Tricks (and Treats!) to Try This Halloween“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” — Stephen King, The Shining (1977) Halloween is a season of costumes, shadows, and a little bit of magic. Children dress up as witches, wizards, and superheroes, while adults decorate their homes with pumpkins and cobwebs. But beyond the costumes and candy, Halloween offers powerful metaphors for coaching. Because what is coaching—if not a little bit magic...
