by Lyn Allen | Jun 16, 2015 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey, The Evolution of Coaching, Tips for Coaches |
Quick and elegant techniques for a powerful, productive close to your coaching sessions Just as in life and in relationships, it’s really easy to feel a sense of incompletion at the end of a coaching interaction. In coaching this is likely to happen when you feel...
by Lyn Allen | May 5, 2015 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey, Tips for Coaches |
If you’ve bought into the cultural myth that faster = better, then A) you’re SO not alone and B) it is costing you and your clients – dearly. It sounds misleading or paradoxical: slow down so you can reach desired outcomes more quickly. But here’s why I’m...
by Lyn Allen | Mar 24, 2015 | Coaching Success, Nuts and Bolts, The Coach's Journey, Tips for Coaches |
Multi-dimensional listening is the ability to hear simultaneously on multiple levels and to track multiple threads in what you are hearing. You listen consciously rather than unconsciously, and use listening as a form of mindfulness practice. The most surprising thing...
by Lyn Allen | Sep 28, 2014 | Coaching Success, Tips for Coaches |
Whether you call it difficult or challenging or another word all together, the bottom line is you have an experience with a client that is not satisfying. The word to pay attention to here is experience: what you experience with the client in the coaching interaction....
by Lyn Allen | Jul 31, 2014 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey |
Coach the who, not (just) the what. Coach the who, not the what. It’s a near-mantra you likely have heard in your coach training. Question is, what does it mean? And how do you know when you’re doing it? Short answer: Get present. Observe and include who your...
by Lyn Allen | May 16, 2014 | Coaching Success |
You’ve been there, I’ve been there and more than likely, so have your clients: Stuckville. A place no one wants to visit, much less live. The experience of not being able to generate forward movement at can be frustrating, confusing and scary because it feels as if...
