When Did We Stop Being Amazed?At some point along the way, most of us traded curiosity for certainty… playfulness for productivity… wonder for efficiency. We grew up. But what if growing up didn’t mea...  Read More

Every thriving coaching relationship begins with a conversation about how the relationship itself will work. Before the first goal is set or the first insight unfolds, great coaches take time to co-cr...  Read More

Every powerful coaching session eventually comes to a crossroads: the moment when awareness must become action. The client sees what needs to change. The question is—what will they do about it?Designi...  Read More

Insight is powerful—but it isn’t transformation. Many clients walk into coaching sessions full of awareness yet unsure how to act on it. That’s where the real art of coaching begins: facilitating grow...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux Marcia Reynolds’ Breakthrough Coaching is a call for coaches to stop settling for surface-level sessions and start evoking true inner change. The book emphasizes coaching as a process of...  Read More

Coaching has become a widely-used word in leadership and personal development, yet many people misunderstand what coaching actually is. Some see it as therapy, others imagine consulting or mentoring, ...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux and Felix Villanueva Coaching has been proven to be a powerful tool for individuals to achieve their personal and professional goals. As a coach, one of your primary responsibilities is ...  Read More

By Jim LaDoux and Felix Villanueva As a coach, your goal is to help people overcome their limitations, but sometimes, you face limitations too. Building a coaching network can be challenging, especial...  Read More

The book, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills that Transform Individuals, Team, and Organizations, highlights four key themes - trust, potential, commitment, and execution. In addition, the authore...  Read More

Coaching the Team at Work provides helpful insights about how coaching actually shows up when one works with teams, and what conditions need to be in place to make coaching teams a fruitful endeavor. ...  Read More

Although Direct Communication is no longer an ICF Core Competency, effective coaches are exceptional in applying the skill. The challenge with Direct Communication is that, sometimes we misconstrue Di...  Read More

According to the ICF, evoking new awareness is about asking questions that “help the client explore beyond the client’s current thinking or feeling to new or expanding ways of thinking or feeling abou...  Read More

The International Coach Federation (www.coachfederation.org) defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and ...  Read More

"A leader is bestWhen people barely know he exists,Not so good when people obey and acclaim himWorse when they despise him,But of a good leader, who talks littleWhen his work is done, his aim fulfille...  Read More

According to the International Coach Federation, Direct Communication is described as the “ability to communicate effectively during coaching sessions, and to use language that has the greatest positi...  Read More

It's important that coaches continually refine their coaching approaches and practices in their pursuit of being a masterful coach.  Listed below are indicator suggesting ways that coaches can demonst...  Read More

According to the International Coaching Federation, coaching presence is defined as the "ability to be fully conscious and present with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible and confide...  Read More

Professional coaches recognize the importance of creating safe, sacred space for coaching.  This involves preparation before, during , and after the coaching session.PREPARE FOR THE SESSIONSelect a qu...  Read More

Listed below are 10 insights along with a few questions from the coaching book titled, Helping People Change.1 | A personal vision is criticalResearch shows that excavating and articulating an individ...  Read More

One of my favorite books on listening is called Listen Like You Mean It  by Ximena Vengoechea. It's an essential guide to improving your listening skills that is chock-full of practical tips and hands...  Read More