This session introduces how understanding a client’s developmental perspective can strengthen coaching and consulting practice. Participants will explore how adults make meaning in different ways, and how these differences shape how clients respond to authority, feedback, challenge, and support.

Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, the session highlights how tailoring your interventions to align with where a client is developmentally can make your work more effective and better received. Participants will leave with practical ways to adjust how they engage, communicate, and support clients—helping to foster conditions that enable growth.