Play to Win
Can you call your own timeout? As a coach, we have the power to help our clients see what’s happening when they become triggered and what’s happening in their reaction. They have a choice in how they react. Yep! They do have power in that moment—they have the power to resist a “BOOM” response they might regret. It’s all about the pause. What’s in a pause? Listen in …
We cringe when we hear coaches ask: “How does that make you feel?” While that’s OK, we cringe because there’s a whole lot of data to mine around emotions and experiencing them that gets a shallow treatment with questions like this. In this episode, we dive into emotions, being with them, understanding where they come from and the important message to take away from them. Then, as Elsa would say, you can “Let it go.”
Coaches, get your notepads ready! You will definitely want to play along on this one. We’re breaking down one of our favorite concepts: What got you here, won’t get you there. Coaching means first getting our clients to recognize where they are, then asking the right questions to get them where they want to be. This episode is full of great insights into mindset and we mentioned questions, right? Well, this one’s packed full of ‘em.
Wherever we go, we become part of the systems that make up the crazy world around us … in the store, with our families, at the office, and—yes—on the road. For our clients and ourselves, accepting responsibility for choices we make in the system (rather than blaming everything around us), leads to tolerance. When you realize YOU are the traffic, it’ll be mind-blowing (like it clearly was to us)!
Helping clients see the spinach in their own teeth is our number one job as a coach. It’s about holding up the mirror so they can clearly see what’s really going on in their life. The core competency of Creating Awareness has this concept written all over it. Hear all about the “Sullivan Smackdown” and how pattern disruption is the way to go when people aren’t acknowledging something is lodged in more than their left molar.
When a retired Chief of Police and a Silicon Valley Dropout get together – you’ll always get a non-traditional approach to coaching.
In this get-to-know-them episode, Jenn Barley and Karen Sullivan share a bit of who they are, why it matters, and a behind-the-scenes look at how they approach all things coaching and, some may say, life!
Coaching… It’s not rocket science; it’s Neuroscience! And the interesting thing – unlike rocket science, this concept of neuroscience is actually pretty simple (although not necessarily easy – wink wink). To master the art and science of coaching you need to wrap your head around the concept of T-FAR! Thoughts create feelings, feelings create actions, and actions give you your results. Some say feelings come first and we’re good with it either way. Learn this concept. Know this concept. Live this concept.
