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Finessing the Close

by Lyn Allen | Jun 16, 2015 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey, The Evolution of Coaching, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

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...

Did You Drink the “Faster is Better” Kool-Aid®?

by Lyn Allen | May 5, 2015 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey, Tips for Coaches | 0 comments

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...

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...

Rethinking Pain, Perfection and Productivity: Is This Powerful Shift Needed in Your Coaching?

by Lyn Allen | Jan 10, 2015 | The Coach's Journey | 0 comments

Psssst. Yes, you, Coach. You with the huge heart so deeply committed to helping others be their best.  It is possible you are – inadvertently – robbing your coachees. (Keep breathing and stay with me here.)  When you put the elimination of discomfort ahead of...

Who, What…Huh? Or: What is the How to the Who in Coaching?

by Lyn Allen | Jul 31, 2014 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey | 0 comments

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...

Coach Effectively When Your Jello™ is Jiggled

by Lyn Allen | Apr 11, 2014 | Coaching Success, The Coach's Journey | 0 comments

Welcome to the “You’re Only Human” Club. This is the place where we dare to acknowledge we have those soft, wobbly places inside that get jostled and activated by life around us. By the challenges we face. And yes, even by our clients. It happens for me and if you are...
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