Using “tools” in Solution Focused coaching
I don’t like the word “tools”, as the metaphor implies someone using something (a tool) on something to achieve a determined outcome. For example, you
I don’t like the word “tools”, as the metaphor implies someone using something (a tool) on something to achieve a determined outcome. For example, you
In the ICF core competency 6 under “Active Listening”, we read: “Reflects or summarizes what the client communicated to ensure clarity and understanding” and the
As coaches, we are careful not to ask “leading” questions (at least that is what we are asked to do according to the ICF competencies).
take two aspirins and wait until the fit is over. Seriously — when I talk to coaches who have been coaching for a long time,
This week, I had a few encounters with the charlatan problem in coaching: everyone can call themselves a coach and since business coaching and life
So today I have set myself a challenge — come up with 10 good questions that invite a client to explore a topic or a
There are old adages in the coachosphere: “NEVER work more than your client! The client does all the work! Here works the client!” Hmm… “So
In social constructionist approaches to coaching, like the Solution Focused or Narrative Practice, we assume that we cannot look at our clients outside their context.
Ok, maybe this is too harsh, and just maybe I am going on a little rant, so if you maybe are more in the mood
Don’t you love the view? If you are like me, you’ve spent years and years or months and months hiking up this beautiful mountain, jumped
Most coaching approaches know “scaling questions” in different variations. Solution Focused Coaching uses them in order to help the client describe small differences on their
Overview Scrummasters and agile coaches know the tool of the “priority poker” in which team members can prioritize ideas. There are different forms of this
In the updated ICF PCC markers for evaluating coaching sessions we read: “Coach asks clear, direct, primarily open-ended questions, one at a time, at a
Ever since the google aristotle project “psychological safety” seems to be the buzz word of teams today. What always amuses me is that it is
Many of us coaches and leaders were forced to move our work online during the global pandemic – some of us with more experience, some