As a coach you may have been give the advice to “fake it ‘til you make it.” Perhaps you have even given that advice for yourself. I know I remember having a conversation when I was starting out as a trainer and a coach where an experienced colleague gave me that advice. The plus side … Read more
You may have noticed that in the top right section of the screen is this logo: You may also have deduced that Coaching Confidence, the coaching blog, is entered in the Best Coaching Blogs 2011 competition. Obviously I’d love if you would spare a few moments to vote for us. I’d thought I’d spend a … Read more
One of the requests for topics that people wanted to read more about that I have received recently was about follow up between coaching sessions. So today’s coaching post will share some of my thoughts to answer this request. Personally, I believe that when a coaching client hires me as their coach it isn’t just … Read more
I’m often interested to see the searches that people do that lead to this blog for coaches. Some are quite frankly mystifying but one recently attracted my attention as it was the simple question, “do coaches need to be confident?” So my coaching related post today is going to give my own personal answer, with … Read more
So how do you avoid being distracted by your own thoughts when you are coaching? This is a conversation and question I often get asked. My answer normally is that there are many different techniques and approaches that you can use. And finding the ones that work for you is, in my opinion, beneficial. Shut … Read more
At some stage in a coaching conversation it’s not at all unusual for me to ask a variation of the question – did/does it work? I’ve written before about different types of questions (you can read that post again here) and you may recognise that “did/does it work?” can be labelled as a closed question. … Read more
Have you ever had a situation where you know by your clients stance or tone of voice that there is an unspoken “but”? Something that they may not have verbalised out loud “but” is obviously a thought they were focusing upon at that moment. So what do you do as a coach? If you are … Read more
I’ve mentioned before that one of the things that anyone who signs up for my free what to put in a coaching welcome pack e-course is also invited to share what they would like to read more about on this blog. One of the requests I’ve had recently was worded simply as “Explaining how coaching … Read more