The Wonder Woman Archetype
I have now seen the Wonder Woman movie several times. The film is becoming my personal elixir of awe, empowerment, and hope and one I recommend to coaching clients. Why? It is the first time I have seen the hero’s journey revealed as a path to empowerment that includes the […]
Facilitating Through Resistance
by Ingrid Bens
Anyone who supports people through change knows that resistance crops up all the time. People push back on everything from altering their behavior to implementing needed next steps. Sometimes they vocalize their resistance, but more often they keep it to themselves. They pretend to go along, while deep down, they hang on to […]
How to Have More Fun, Make More Money, and Work Less – Using A Software Coaching Platform
by Brian Geery
Brian will lead a conversation about reaping the numerous benefits of leveraging coaching software platforms to take your coaching to the next level. He’ll share what he has learned about coaching software tools, including his take on a few vendors and why he chose the software platform he currently uses. He’ll also talk […]
The Power of Coaching Questions
by Michael J. Kline, Certified RIM Master and Canfield Success Coach
Coaches know the importance of powerful questions. We know why we ask the questions, but do we always know what to ask and when? Certain questions seem to have a way of opening up issues and answers, of expanding the clients’ hearts and minds […]
Uh-Oh, What Do I Do Now?
Challenges and Adventures in Coaching
Most professional coaches, consultants, and managers choose to do the work they do because a) they like working with other people, and b) they are service-oriented and want to be helpful and useful to other people. But as surely as the sun rises in the east every […]
It’s not your fault!
You actually are a victim. Or you were.
When you were young, you were a victim of the limiting beliefs of those around you. When we were too young to have opinions of our own, the opinions of other people shaped our worldview.
Then we started venturing out into the […]
Leadership is Easier than You Think
“Leaders” are often not the elected or even the ones who say: “Follow me”. Especially in business, saying “Follow me” is often a recipe for broke-ness, especially when you are starting a new venture or expanding into a new market.
For Margret, leadership was the furthest thing from her mind! She had recently […]
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): A Transformational Approach to Self-Improvement
by: Dani Fox
People everywhere are stuck. Many of us have an unconscious tendency to get stuck in compulsive behavior patterns, dysfunctional lifestyles, or reliving traumas and pain from the past. We can get trapped in a never-ending cycle of stress which leaves us feeling tired, sick, sad and anxious. Our quality of life becomes diminished […]
Speak the Truth: Using Theatre Training to Evoke Authenticity
By Kate Alexander, Associate Director, Florida Studio Theatre and Founder of the FST Theatre School
In our relationships with other people we all seek and often assume a mutual basis of truth in our communications with each other. As coaches, counselors, consultants, therapists, health providers and human resources people (among others), finding ways to express ourselves […]