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First, drop your theories…

First, drop your theories! I started a training with a group of lovely participants (somehow we always end up with the best and kindest people

“Everything has been said, but not by everybody” – a way out of unproductive conversations

The ability to state what you want to say concisely — I mean only once, without much superfluous information or redundancy, like not doubling what

Donkey Coaching

What is that? Are we coaching the gentle grey, long-eared companions (that I find absolutely adorable)? Nope. “Donkey Coaching” is a term coined by Federica

Coaching the Uncoachable: 4 Tips

I did a quick search — and apparently there are “uncoachable” clients: They have a “fixed” mindset rather than a “growth” mindset — so they

Coaching Freestyle?

I teach “the theory of the approach with no theory” every year at a solution focused institute every year and as a part of that

Little boxes without topses… personality profiles

If you catch me on a bad day and ask me about personality profiles, you will trigger a rant. Personally, I don’t believe that you

Change. Minds. Now.

“Learn how to wire the brain for lasting change”, “Change minds effectively”, “Break negative thinking”, — sentences we read in marketing blurbs for coach training.

Can you listen to what the client does not say?

Can you really listen to "what the client does not say"? In this Blogpost Kirsten explores communication as information transfer vs. communication as co-creation and shows you examples of how this makes a difference.

Do this with resistant clients

In Solution Focused coaching, we are assuming that clients want to cooperate. If we have the impression that that is not what is happening, it is in our responsibility as coaches to create the conditions for collaboration with the client. Usually, we just need to listen some more and suspend our judgement.

Coaching assumptions: choose them wisely

Hi – this is Chris speaking. I am SolutionsAcademy’s global training director and love working as a mentor, coach supervisor and coach trainer. I’ll be

Coach or Charlatan?

How you can separate the wheat from the chaff with the help of the International Coaching Federation “Coach” is not a protected job title like

CHALLENGING the CLIENT???

Can you challenge your client? Should you challenge your client? What if you do challenge your client and they stop liking you? What if you

Coaching Buzzword Bingo

We had a really interesting discussion in our Coaching Supervision training the other day. Some of us had participated in a global coaching initiative with