Lessons Learned from ‘Difficult’ Clients

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[Return to Resources] The cover story from a past issue of Choice: The Magazine for Professional Coaching is about working with difficult clients. The article challenges coaches to consider the following: what the coach perceives as difficult about the client is an...

Dancing in the Moment with Our Clients

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[Return to Resources] Our presence with clients has a powerful impact on them, both in modeling a way of being, and in creating a deeply meaningful relationship that can lead to transformation for the client. What exactly is coaching presence? In addition to the ICF...

Assessing Goodness-of-Fit

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[Return to Resources] As coaches, we want to attract clients whose coaching goals fit with what we offer. We also want to work with clients with whom we feel a strong interpersonal connection. I refer to this as ‘goodness-of-fit’: the fit between the...

The Leader as Coach: Get Curious

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[Return to Resources] Throughout organizations today, business leaders and managers are adopting a coaching style of leadership to achieve results from their employees. At the heart of this leadership style is the ability to be genuinely curious – to listen deeply and...