In a previous post we wrote about using music at the beginning of a coaching session. Here we will explore other possibilities. At the July 2024 Creative playground for coaches we discovered that music can provoke deep emotions, very quickly. It seems to transcend the…
Opening a coaching session with some classical piano music gently playing in the background is likely to set a certain tone for the coaching session. It encourages calm. Helps people slow down as they arrive. Provides a jolt of something different to help them land…
Coaches love models. Most of the professional coach training we receive has a strong focus on being able to navigate and apply a model we’ve been taught, during each coaching conversation. For me this was the Solution Focussed approach, but of course there are plenty…
For starters: What’s your (coaching) secret sauce? What special ingredients do you mix into your coaching? How do you nourish your clients? How do you know when to add some spice, or sweetness onto the plate? These are all questions Fede and I have been…
Let's talk about spicing up your one-on-one coaching sessions with a little something called VAKOG. Yeah, it sounds like a secret code, but stick with me. It's the Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Olfactory, and Gustatory model from the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and it's here…
We’ve previously written about using what we see in a client's background to prompt some interesting conversations and questions with online coaching clients. But what if you spot a client using a ‘visual’ communication style? They’ll probably say things like: “I hadn’t noticed that before”…