Friday, December 23, 2022Becoming familiar with the predictable patterns that humans have for relating to their lives and listening for these patterns in our clients doesn’t mean we are diagnosing. It means we have a powerful lens through which to see our clients and what is unconscious to them about how they are experiencing their lives in patterned ways. Category: Coaching
Tuesday, December 14, 2021Photo-elicitation enhances the principles of co-active coaching: discovery, mindfulness, and empowerment (Kimsey-House, Kimsey-House, Sandahl, & Whitworth, 2018). Through the camera’s lens, clients become investigators of their own lives and examine hidden parts of themselves. Moreover, photo gazing awakens the five senses leading to deeper levels of awareness. Categories: Coaching, Coaching Tools
Wednesday, May 12, 2021A prior Institute of Coaching Research Dose on Beautiful Coaching Questions (Cook & Moore, 2020) noted that “coaches collect great questions.” These questions are typically focused on expanding our clients’ capacity. On a recent Zoom huddle of IOC Fellows, however, we pivoted to questions that expand a coach’s capacity. In the moment, we generated and curated a diverse list of reflection questions that can deepen our awareness and effectiveness in ways that are important to us. Categories: Mindfulness, Coaching
Monday, August 14, 2017In the coaching and leadership world, where our organizations are global, we try to be culturally competent. But are we? Do we see past ourselves?Categories: Coaching, Global Coaching, Powerful Coaching
Monday, July 31, 2017On May 19, 2017 the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine published our article entitled “Compendium of health and wellness coaching.” Categories: Wellness, Coaching, Coaching Impact, healthcare
Thursday, June 15, 2017One of the challenges of the coaching world has been the confusion over terminology. Just how is coaching different from or similar to other ‘helping by talking’ approaches like mentoring, training, instructing, consulting and counseling?Categories: Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Leadership, Coaching Effectiveness
Tuesday, June 6, 2017Are human coaches headed for the same disruption experienced by human travel agents? Should you start asking for recommendations on coding boot camps or career coaches? Before making any of these leaps, let’s start with how digital coaching may develop and reconfigure today’s coaching market. Categories: Technology, Biometrics, Coaching, Blog, Productivity
Thursday, May 25, 2017Coaching practice is an interaction between two individuals, where one is seeking help and the other is providing it. Neither party is free from his/her biases in this process. Let’s take a closer look and get a better understanding of what those biases might be.Categories: Cognitive Biases, Coaching, Blog, Bias
Wednesday, May 17, 2017The world is not getting any simpler. We believe we have created modern environments that are somehow within our control. But the truth is that the markets and operating environments in which we perform are as complex as the natural environments from which our ancestors sprung.Categories: Complexity, Leadership, Sensemaking, Coaching, Mindfulness, Blog
Friday, May 12, 2017Early in my career, when I first encountered assessments, I was not impressed. This may seem an unlikely confession from someone who now leads an assessment organization but I think it can largely be explained by the type of assessments I was originally exposed to.Categories: Assessments, Coaching, Bias, Blog