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Your Job is Just the Sessions Is But One Way to Do It
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Your Job is Just the Sessions Is But One Way to Do It

What is the precise scope of work for a coach who is faithfully executing on the promise of a coaching engagement? Many think it's the sessions themselves, no more, no less. You can do far better.
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The Numbers of Now and Last Time Do Not a Trend Line Make
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The Numbers of Now and Last Time Do Not a Trend Line Make

In practice, client is generally count-on-able to be aware of what their number is today, and MAYBE recall where things were last time.  That top-of-mind awareness and recollection is the default state, meaning unless coach puts in place some structure and practice for doing better,…
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Therapy Isn’t the Villain, Therapy Posing as Coaching Is
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Therapy Isn’t the Villain, Therapy Posing as Coaching Is

Throughout The CoachAccountable Perspective can be found the occasional mention of therapy or psychotherapy as an unwelcome presence in the mix. Is that because I’m anti-therapy?  Nah.  Here’s the issue: When elements of therapy make it into coaching, it cheapens coaching.  And not because therapy…
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Sports Coaches or Psychotherapists: Who Do You Resemble?
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Sports Coaches or Psychotherapists: Who Do You Resemble?

The two represent opposite ends of a spectrum when it comes to the power dynamic, and coaching (outside of sports) seems to fall somewhere on there. It’s “Shut up and do the reps” versus “Let’s explore those feelings”. It can be (and has been!) argued…
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Giving Airtime to Feelings Isn’t Always a Gift
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Giving Airtime to Feelings Isn’t Always a Gift

Coaches are often eager and willing to explore client feelings. That might be okay for psychotherapy, but that is not the path to giving great coaching.
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AI is Either Good Enough for Your Client, Or It Isn’t
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AI is Either Good Enough for Your Client, Or It Isn’t

There’s a lot of clamoring over AI and how it could or should be used as part of the mix of a coaching relationship.  My crystal ball is as rubbish as the next guy’s, so I won’t attempt prophecy around whatever capabilities that technology will…
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Fearing your Clients vs. Owning Your Role as Coach
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Fearing your Clients vs. Owning Your Role as Coach

You can either be concerned that your clients keep working with you, or be concerned that they get undeniably life-changing wins. Your clients want you to do the latter.
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A Sacred Sanctuary for All Things Coaching
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A Sacred Sanctuary for All Things Coaching

Your client's email inbox is teeming with a lot. If you've got something worth sharing with them, it's best to share it somewhere else.
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Was it the Coaching?  Or would it have happened anyway?
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Was it the Coaching?  Or would it have happened anyway?

If you’re in the results-producing business as a coach, you want the cause-and-effect relation between your coaching and client results to be as clear as possible. On the timescale of months, breakthroughs in life happen all the time.  Pick any six-month period in someone’s adult…
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A Given Coaching Style is Composed of Various Practices (or Lacks Thereof)
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A Given Coaching Style is Composed of Various Practices (or Lacks Thereof)

What’s your coaching style? Before reading on, put your eyes back on the question above and notice what pops up as your mind begins formulating the answer. Give it a beat before you move on.  Again, What’s your coaching style? … Now I’m going to…
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