Coaching is a powerful skill for leaders and professionals. Mindful coaching is about helping others reflect in the context of a safe relationship. Silence and Caring are at the heart of mindful coaching. When coaches provide accepting attention it is healing in itself. There are two phases of mindful coaching: Assessment and Goal-setting. Assessment is about seeking understanding and has two key components: Active listening Focused InquiryGoal-setting is about planning and action and has two key components: Brainstorming Committing to actionThere are three levels and modes of operating as a mindful coach:Sounding BoardSkills Development TrainerTransformational AgentGenerally we avoid giving advice because our goal is for clients to learn to think for themselves. Questions help us avoid taking over and invite reflection. However, if a client is about to make a costly mistake that could affect their career, we can temporarily step out of our neutral stance and go into expert mode to provide advice. Experiment: Receiving coachingExperiment: Providing coaching Experiment: Increasing the power of questions Experiment: Giving constructive feedback Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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