Aren’t Coaches Great?
As we celebrate this season of Spring and renewal, and coming out of a global pandemic, we are taking a moment to reflect on coaches and how lucky we are to spend our days working with these professionals, whether as mentors, trainers or supervisors. Aren’t coaches...
The Marathon is almost over…are you ready to cross the Finish Line?
It feels like we’re in the home stretch of running a marathon. We can see the Finish Line and it looks exciting – there’s a promise of great achievement. But the race has been a long one and we’re exhausted. Mentally we’re tired too; we know we lost many runners...
Embodies a Coaching Mindset – Hot Fudge Sundae anyone?
As we begin to incorporate the new ICF Core Competencies into our coaching, mentoring and training, we are spending some time looking more deeply at each competency and how the changes affect our work. Today we are drawn to look at Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching...
What is needed right now?
There is so much “help” out there for us as we navigate the current health crisis. People are inviting us to reframe what’s happening as an opportunity to be with family, learn a new a language, or to begin that meditation practice we’ve been planning for the past...
Easing into the New Year…
As wonderful as the holidays are, sometimes it feels like there is too much to do. As much as you want to be with family and friends, it also might feel like too many obligations. And as much as you want to relax and get rest, opportunities for travel and socializing...
What if losing focus wasn’t a loss after all?
When focus wanes and random thoughts tend to take over, what’s really happening? Or, what is wanting to happen? There are days when you may notice that you daydream more or get easily distracted. Rather than seeing this as a problem, how about looking at it as a...
When everything is “smooth sailing”…
it may be time to look for some choppy seas. You’ve been doing this awhile – coaching that is. You’re feeling some expertise and though there are minor hiccups here and there, your work is basically sailing along. You feel you know what you’re doing when you coach...
Building Resilience as a Coach
In the community of coaching, we mostly live in a warm and fuzzy world where people are using the coach approach in their communications and are focusing on the positive when working with clients. But there are times when we face resistance which can come in many...
Is 2019 the year you will master the ICF Core Competencies?
If mastery feels like too big a concept, perhaps you’d like to take a few steps and begin to move in that direction. As coaches we can get so busy building our businesses and supporting our clients, that we forget about supporting ourselves in the area of skills...
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