September 30, 2022

Coaching F***-Ups: Not mentioning the obvious

I have seen advertisements of “F***-Up Nights” in my social media. Apparently it is a mini-conference, where people get on stage to speak about their failures and what they learned from them.

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September 16, 2022

Does the client really want what the client says they want?

This headline could read like we should assume to know better than the client, what they really want to achieve. Well no, that would be leading.

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3 traps in coaching chemistry calls

In one of our coaching meetup and exchange sessions, one of our friends mentioned an awkward situation in a “chemistry” call: the potential client seemed

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The 7 stages of questions

As coaches, leaders, sales people, conversation partners in general, if we want to learn something, we need to ask open questions. “When you talk, you

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Psychological Safety?

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

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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

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The perspective of the coffee machine

The great thing about being a mentor and coach trainer is that I learn so much from my participants and mentor coaching or coaching supervision

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9 favorite coaching session starts and 2 really crummy ones

How do we start a coaching session? It is usually the coach who initiates the conversation by a question or an invitation to the direction

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The short guide to great chemistry meetings

The initial conversations between coach and prospective client are often called “chemistry meetings”. They are often free of charge and take maybe half an hour

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My client has no topic!

And then? So… what is the problem with no problem? Hm… usually, I would simply say: “Ah — so then, let’s cancel the session and

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Should a coach take notes?

Ah, yes, here we are again quoting the golden rule of coaching: “It all depends”. So I am sorry if you came here for a

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You cannot not influence

We almost had a fistfight in our coaching masterclass the other day! Of course, not really 🙂 — we had a wonderful exchange of ideas

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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

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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

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“Yes, but… we really can’t…” — creating a culture of positive conversations by using coaching techniques

I just had one of these meetings. Maybe you know what I’m talking about — the main topic seemed to be how hopeless the situation

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