Coaches Q&A - What Do I Do With a Client Who is Fixated on Why? Reading Time: 3 min 30 sec Coach's Question: Hi Emma-Louise, I have a client who is fixated on "Why?". They get really trapped in one line of thinking and it's stopping them from moving forwards. I'm wondering if you have a relevant... Read More...
The Urgent Important Matrix: What it is & How to Use it! Reading Time: 6 min The Urgent Important Matrix is a powerful productivity and time management tool to help people manage their time more effectively. It divides tasks into 4 quadrants according to how urgent and important they... Read More...
7 Easy Ways to Energise and Refocus at Work—in 30 Minutes or Less! Reading Time: 3 min Sometimes we need to refocus and re-energise ourselves—and our businesses. And you'd be surprised how small these changes can be, yet still make a big difference. In fact small changes can be really good... Read More...
De-Stress Series: What a Chinese Finger Trap Teaches Us About Stress! | By Ben Dooley Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec The Chinese finger trap? What's that? Well, it's something I remember from my childhood, perhaps you've seen it. It's a rather innocent looking tube that's just wide enough for you to stick your two fingers... Read More...
Coaching Tools 101: How to Create More Joy in Life with the What Makes My Heart Sing? Exercise Reading Time: 4 min "What Makes My Heart Sing?" is one of my absolute favourite coaching exercises. I've used it with individual clients and in innumerable workshops. It's a powerful tool for awakening and happiness—and it's... Read More...
De-Stress Series: What Are Your Clients' Stressor Values? | By Steve Mitten, MCC Reading Time: 3 min This insightful article and coaching tip from Master Coach and Past ICF President Steve Mitten calls to your attention a sub-set of values he calls "Stressors" that can impact the progress a client makes in... Read More...
De-Stress Series: A Simple 4 Step Process to Help Your Clients Cope With Stressful Feelings Reading Time: 4 min Sometimes our clients come to a session feeling stressed, overwhelmed, guilty, pressured or anxious. It's hard to coach people when they're caught up in these thoughts and feelings, so it can be helpful for us... Read More...
9 Real-Life Examples of Eustress - Stress Your Clients May Need MORE of! Reading Time: 3 min 26 sec Usually when we use the word 'stress' we're referring to so-called 'bad' stress or DIStress. But did you know there is a name for good stress? Eustress, pronounced YOU-stress, is a term coined by... Read More...
How Serious IS Your Client About Their Goals? Here are 5 Quick and Fun Tests! Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec Especially when our clients have BIG goals in mind, it's important to help set them up for success by exploring if they really want their goal - and how committed they are. Not only that, but sometimes... Read More...
Here are 15 Ways to Turn "I Don't Know" into an Aha Moment! Reading Time: 3 min 56 sec Often when our clients say "I don't know", they really do know - they're just unwilling to acknowledge or face the answer. If it was was easy to say aloud they would have done so. There can be many... Read More...
