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...
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...
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...
10 Ways to Know You Have a Great Coaching Niche! | by Emma-Louise Elsey (UPDATED) Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec One great way to establish if you have a clearly defined niche is if you can answer these questions: Where do my ideal clients like to hang out? (consider 'in person' group and activities as well as... Read More...
Don't Have a Niche yet? Relax, Wait and See... With 7 Areas to Explore & Questions to Help! (UPDATED) Reading Time: 3 min I'll start by confessing that when I was a life coach, in the marketing world, I would have been given a big fat "F". Don't get me wrong, I knew who my clients were - and could describe them (eventually).... Read More...
How to Coach a Client when they Distort the Facts: A Simple 3 Step Framework Reading Time: 2 min Does your client keep distorting the facts? Do they focus on the negative and ignore the positive? Are they determined to blame others or themselves or keep jumping to conclusions? Do they keep themselves... 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...
Free Tool: Cognitive Distortions List to use with your Clients! Reading Time: less than 1 min Click to get your Free Cognitive Distortions List This post announces our latest free tool - a List of The Top 10 Cognitive Distortions! What is a Cognitive Distortion? A cognitive distortion is when we... 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...
