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One Surprising Secret and Three Tips for Listening Mastefully

by Lyn Allen | Mar 24, 2015 | Coaching Success, Nuts and Bolts, The Coach's Journey, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

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...

The Aha Trap in Coaching: Why Awareness is Overrated (and may not be serving your client)

by Lyn Allen | Aug 25, 2014 | Nuts and Bolts, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

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...

Tips for Coaches: What to do When Clients Aren’t in Movement

by Lyn Allen | Jan 24, 2013 | Nuts and Bolts, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

Recently, a seasoned coach shared his concerns over a client who was not achieving the progress the client said he wanted. The key word there: What the client said he wanted.   Coaches know – sometimes clients can say one thing and in truth, desire...

Effective Coaching: The Power of This Coaching Tool May Surprise You!

by Lyn Allen | Jul 9, 2012 | Nuts and Bolts, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

There’s a really simple coaching tool that often gets overlooked because it is so simple. Or, it gets over-used to the point of sounding formulaic and insincere. Want to know what it is? Acknowledging. Why acknowledge? Because it builds connection between you...

Tips for Coaching: How to Know You’re Coaching Instead of Consulting

by Lyn Allen | Jun 15, 2012 | Nuts and Bolts, The Evolution of Coaching, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

A client who is a coach asked me just the other day how to offer an insight to a coachee. Like many coaches, she was  concerned about staying on the right side of the coaching/consulting line. As we explored a specific client scenario, it became clear she was...

Tips for Coaches: Stop Downloading and Start Developing

by Lyn Allen | Jun 13, 2012 | Nuts and Bolts, Tips for Coaches | 1 comment

You want your client to have it all and get it all, right? Most coaches do. I know I do. But – and this is a big BUT – your wanting (or needing) your client to get it may actually work against you and your client. In fact, your deep desire to serve can...
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