How Limiting Beliefs Can Affect Your Leadership
Can you identify your limiting beliefs around leadership? Here’s an exercise to help you
Increase Your Happiness and Clarify Your Goals With the ‘Best Possible Self’ Exercise
A research-supported exercise from positive psychology that’s been shown to increase well-being and even reduce stress and depression
The SCORE Model – a Simple Coaching and Facilitation Format from NLP
The SCORE Model is simple but powerful model for coaching, therapy, and problem solving
Too Good Not to Share! The Solution-Focused Circle Technique
Here’s an easy and powerful solution focus technique I came across recently – it would also work as part of an Appreciative Inquiry session
How to Use ‘Provocative Propositions’ in Appreciative Coaching (part 2)
Here’s how to help your appreciative coaching client formulate their ‘provocative proposition’ to guide and inspire them towards their dreams. Some starter phrases, plus step by step instructions
How to Use ‘Provocative Propositions’ in Appreciative Coaching (part 1)
A checklist for powerful provocative propositions in one to one coaching, with examples
Using the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in One-to-One Coaching (Part 2)
How I use Robert Dilt’s ‘Logical Levels’ model on one-to-one coaching – with (literally) step-by-step instructions
Using the ‘Logical Levels’ Model in Appreciative Coaching (part 1)
The Logical Levels model from NLP can get powerful results for your coaching clients. Let’s look at how to use it
How to Bring Your Emotional Intelligence to Any Difficult Situation
How to use the Goleman/Boyatzis 4-quadrant model of Emotional Intelligence as a coaching tool, or to prepare yourself for any challenge #EQ #EI
How Some Life Coaching Tools Can Demotivate the Client (and what to do instead)
Not all coaching approaches are equal – if you ask the wrong questions, your client can be demoralised and demotivated. I know because it happened to me!
Is It Ever Right For Developmental Coaches to Give Advice?
according to developmental coaching guru David Clutterbuck, a common complaint from disgruntled coachees is that their coach sticks too rigidly to the ‘never give advice’ rule.
So is there ever a time when it’s right to step out of non-directive mode by sharing information, giving advice, or even telling the coachee what to do?
Coaching Client Stuck In Problems? Try the ‘Problem to Possibility Tree’ Exercise
If your coaching client is finding it hard to move beyond problem analysis, try this ‘Problem to Possibility’ exercise to help them map out their desired solution