by Lyn Allen | Nov 25, 2014 | The Evolution of Coaching, Tips for Coaches |
One of my favorite coaching paradoxes: Masterful coaching requires a willingness to “dance in the not knowing,” and ….there are certain things a coach does need to know. So how do you know what you DO need to know AND what exactly does dancing in the not knowing mean?...
by Lyn Allen | Nov 15, 2014 | Tips for Coaches |
Just as a computer glitch can scramble data, the experience of being human in today’s world can affect your curiosity, distorting it from its original purpose. For example, many children learn to be more curious about how to please the adults in their lives than...
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 | Aug 25, 2014 | Nuts and Bolts, Tips for Coaches |
Awareness. Insights. Aha moments. The stuff you love to experience in your coaching, right? What you love to offer your clients. An important aspect of coaching, so much so that Creating Awareness rates its own Core Coaching Competency (ICF). And yet… Awareness has a...
by Lyn Allen | Jun 24, 2014 | Tips for Coaches |
As a concept, it’s simple: If you flinch from saying what needs to be said with your clients, you’re robbing them. As a practice however, it can be …complicated. Because flinching, however slightly, is about protecting either your client or yourself. And the moment...
by Lyn Allen | May 14, 2014 | Tips for Coaches |
Have you ever noticed that the words “scared” and “sacred” are just one typo away from each other? I suspect this is no accident. That same is true for “tired” and “tried.” As in…”I tried and tried until I was too tired to try anymore.” Actually, the mere notion of...
