For Newer Coaches
Welcome to the 'For Newer Coaches' section of The Coaching Commons.
Personal or Professional? An Executive Coach’s Challenge
A continuing challenge for coaches is to balance the focus of the coaching between the personal and professional aspects of the client’s issues. This is an especially vexing tension for new coaches, but it’s there for all of us.
Here’s how I try to think it through for my students and supervisees, as well as for [...]
You! As A Global Coaching Conference Reporter
We want YOU to tell us everything.
There are coaching conferences all over the world and we want to be able to keep our readers well informed. If you are you planning to attend a coaching conference, we invite you to be the eyes and ears of the Coaching Commons — and share your conference [...]
Tools for Coaching Executive Teams
I’m always scouting for innovative tools that may make a real impact in areas of our field, and I’ve recently discovered a UK team, led by an experienced psychologist, that are known for developing innovative value propositions for coaches, such as the Jungian Character Analysis and a Learning Styles test which you can try for [...]
12Jun2009 | Suzi Pomerantz | 5 comments | Continued
A List of Brilliant Coaching Questions
Do you have one coaching question, more than any other, that consistently initiates client self-discovery or a client aha? Do you have a favorite question in your toolbox that leads to awareness or just always seems to generate the giant-client-leap to the next stage of growth?
Wouldn’t it be interesting to build a list of Favorite [...]
What’s Better for Coaches? Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook?
Well, I use all three, amongst many other lesser known social media like Naymz and Ecademy, but that’s a blog post for another day. I like each one for different reasons. For the purposes of this blog post, I’ll share with you what I see the differences to be and how I use each one [...]
16Apr2009 | Suzi Pomerantz | 6 comments | Continued
A Window into Coaching in Central America: Are you a Spanish-Speaking Coach or Consultant?
Latin America needs coaches. Let’s look at a vehicle that allows us to make a big difference.
Most coaching conferences you have attended in the US or developed countries have been replete with coaches, and only featured a smattering of organizational representatives. But in most of Latin America, there is more corporate need and curiosity about [...]
It’s THE Place to be Seen: Add your Smiling Face to your Comment at the Coaching Commons
It’s easy, seriously.
Here’s a simple link where you can set up a personal globally recognized avatar so that your photo will show up when you comment. (Scroll down and see “Recent Comments” on the right hand sidebar – your photo of choice will show up instead of the gray silhouette graphic.)
Go here to set it [...]
The Emperor’s New Coach Training
I apologize in advance to every coach who will be offended by this post. I know some of you will feel personally attacked, but if your coach training has taught you anything, you should know that it’s not personal.
The following letter has been edited and I’ve removed the names of specific coach training programs as [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from April 8th, 2009 – Three Ways to Help You & Your Clients Find Their Great Work!
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Wednesday April 8th
Time: 12 noon – 1pm Eastern Time
Guest: Michael Bungay Stanier
Host: The Coaching Commons
Topic: Three Ways to Help You & Your Clients Find Their Great Work!
Coaching has many definitions. One might be: Helping people do more Great Work and less Good Work.
In this practical, interactive and fun teleclass, [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from March 30th, 2009 – Expressive Arts Coaching with Organizations
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Monday, March 30th
Time: 2pm eastern
Guest: Tamara Herl
Topic: Expressive Arts Coaching with Organizations
What is Expressive Arts Coaching?
How can it be used with organizations?
Why is this work important at this point in the evolution of our planet?
In the course of working for 20 years as an art therapist, Life Coach Tamara Herl [...]
26Mar2009 | Elizabeth Crouch | 0 comments | Continued
Career Coach: Help Your Clients Find Their Transferable Skills
The concept of transferable skills is important for job seekers in today’s economy. In your resume, cover letter, and during the interview process, you need to prove that you have the experience, knowledge, passion, and drive to get the job done.
How you explain to potential employers what you’ve done up to this point, depends [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from March 12th, 2009 – The Magic of Mastermind
Thursday, March 12th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Guests: Nancy Gerber, PCC and Nancy Spivey
Host: The Coaching Commons
Topic: The Magic of Mastermind ~ Building Communities of Entrepreneurs who Energize, Support and Propel Each Other to Prosper!
What’s your Favourite Competency as a Coach?
I was struck to ask this question after attending my meditation class today, which runs two different types of meditation. The person who led the meditation was talking to a new ‚Äúmeditator” about the two types, mindfulness of breathing and loving kindness, and said most people tend to have a preference for one type or [...]
13Feb2009 | Claire Chapman | 1 comment | Continued
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from February 10th, 2009 – Coaching Clients Through Career Transition
Tuesday, February 10
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Guest: Deborah Brown-Volkman, PCC
Host: The Coaching Commons
Topic: Coaching Clients Through Career Transition
Are You Coaching – Problems or Solutions?
Coaches, what’s your attention on right now when you coach? Often clients come to us because either they want to solve a problem or create something new. How you and the client frame the issue together in your coaching session can be key to that new perspective and movement towards the bigger picture [...]
5Feb2009 | Claire Chapman | 8 comments | Continued
Coaches: How to Get People to Follow You on Twitter and Keep Them Following
Coaches are well, you know, all a twitter about Twitter these days.
Definitely it’s been the hottest social media site since 2008. Why? Because it’s quick and easy to participate in this massive online cocktail party, especially if you like accessing social media via you smart phone. Twitter works with SMS (text) in a [...]
3Feb2009 | Julia Stewart | 9 comments | Continued
Many Projects, One Action at a Time
When I work with coaches I find many getting overwhelmed with the sheer amount of things it feels like you need to do in order to be successful. After all, we got into coaching in the first place because we love to coach! Yet, as soon as you finish your coach training, (if not before) [...]
29Jan2009 | Claire Chapman | 0 comments | Continued
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from December 11th, 2008 – The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Guests: David Drake, Ph.D
Diane Brennan, MBA, FACMPE, MCC
Host: The Coaching Commons
Topic: The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching
The Coaching Commons is delighted and excited to welcome this international team of coaching collaborators — David Drake, Diane Brennan and Kim Gortz — for a very [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation on December 9th, 2008 – Key Question: Why is it So Easy to be a Good Coach and So Hard to be a Great Coach?
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Tuesday, December 9th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern Time
Guest: David Peterson, Ph.D
Host: Mary Wayne Bush, Ed.D
Topic: Why is it so Easy to be a Good Coach and So Hard to be a Great Coach?
Join host Mary Wayne Bush, Ed.D and special guest David Peterson, Ph.D [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation December 5th, 2008 – The New Wave of Coaching
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Topic: Environments of Hope
Gordon Clark, host
Shirley Anderson, special guest
Be part of a research and development team Friday morning at 10:00 am eastern as Gordon Clark, host, and Shirley Anderson, special guest, launch the beginning of a new conversation.
Environments of Hope
Economic instability and for that matter any sort of instability needs wisdom [...]
Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from November 17th, 2008 – Coaching with the Expressive Arts
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Monday, November 17th
Time: 12 Noon eastern
Guest: Tamara Herl
Coaching With the Expressive Arts — A Tool to Create Awareness in Coaching
What are expressive practices?
Can they play an important role in coaching?
How can coaches use the expressive arts to access clients’ personal resources and wisdom?
Like any profession, Life [...]
17Nov2008 | Elizabeth Crouch | 3 comments | Continued
From the Client’s View: Nice to Meet You
Hail to that first exciting, awkward coaching session!
I, Mrs. Client, want to impress my new executive coach, and make certain that he/she knows that I am a vice-president and that I, of course, deserve this new assignment/project/promotion.
The coach must certainly think of me as a brilliant and credible candidate for her services…..oh, and also [...]
