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Buy-in is a coveted commodity for coaches, and true buy-in comes by first establishing relationships based upon trust and understanding.
When you’re working with a great coach, you’re working with someone who has an extraordinary ability to listen, ask questions, clarify and give feedback.
There is the fear within your coaching which is often expressed as people-pleasing instead of powerful service.
But coaches need to operate in the same way as an intellectual. Coaching requires intense periods of focus and concentration. You need to be able to ask your clients brave questions at the right time. You need to be able to connect with your clients and get them to see what they need to see so they can hit their goals. You need to be able to share
... See moreThe roots of the “art of coaching” are found in the science of connecting with others and making the information that we share with them more meaningful. This is true whether we are meeting someone for the first time, coaching them during a training session, or consoling them in the midst of a hardship.
It is the stuff about you that is odd that is interesting. So, don’t think to much about how you are supposed to do it, or what the genre convetions are. Just try to amuse yourself.
Another way to phrase it: the best writing tend to be when you surrender to your nature. This is hard to do!
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do somethin
... See moreAs the French film director Robert Bresson once said, “Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”