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Spotlight, starlight, daylight – 3 layers of attention

Some things about social media are brilliant, for example the fact that Tim, a friend from Singapore, recommended a book on Facebook: “Stolen Focus: Why

The BEST 1001 Coaching Questions

“1001 Powerful Questions” – buy this book, buy it now! Improve your coaching instantly! Comes with a handy set of flashcards! Whenever I see advertisements

When clients ignore their strengths

A friend from our free meetups and exchanges (link to register below) was telling us a story that all coaches can relate to. She was

What a coach can learn from a cycle trip…

I love cycling and in the summer of 2020 my husband and I cycled from Frankfurt to Spain. Here is what we learned (which is

Solution Focused Facilitation Cheat Sheet

Introduction (Goal: positive and relaxed atmosphere, problem-free zone) What do you do? Your role, location, position? Anything else important? What happened in the last weeks

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

Start to practice coaching: now!

“But I don’t know how to practice!” or: “Yeah, but I don’t have any clients!” and: “You can’t coach your friends, can you?” Some of

Stop coaching "limiting beliefs"

How does Solution Focus coach "limiting beliefs". In short: "We don't" -- if you want to learn what we do instead, read this blog

They could so use coaching — but don’t want to be coached!

We had a discussion in one of our ICF Onboarding class: a participant knows a person who would CLEARLY benefit from coaching, but they won’t

Taming the monkeys – How to say “No” in 5 simple steps

If you are a little bit like me, you have a lot to do and probably not always enough capacity to get everything done that

Why the “feedback sandwich” tastes bad

Dale Carnegie, the father of all self-help books and motivational speakers used the term “criticism sandwich” to help people structure feedback on an unwanted behavior,

The impossible team coaching

Last week I had a session with a few of our team coaching alumni. They had called for “first aid” — a kind of supervision

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue — that’s what American (and maybe also English? — enlighten me, English people, please) brides are supposed