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The 7 stages of questions

As coaches, leaders, sales people, conversation partners in general, if we want to learn something, we need to ask open questions. “When you talk, you

You are wrong! Always!

“Correct me if I am wrong…” “Am I right?” “Please push back if I am wrong!” “Does that sound about right?” These are all things

When a coaching session is off track

As you are coaching a client, a feeling slowly creeps up: You don’t know where the session is heading. Confused as you are, you first

The 4 stupidest coaching questions

Do I detect a little bit of “Schadenfreude” in your face as you clicked on this link? Well, I am experiencing some as it it

Spotlight, starlight, daylight – 3 layers of attention

Some things about social media are brilliant, for example the fact that Tim, a friend from Singapore, recommended a book on Facebook: “Stolen Focus: Why

The BEST 1001 Coaching Questions

“1001 Powerful Questions” – buy this book, buy it now! Improve your coaching instantly! Comes with a handy set of flashcards! Whenever I see advertisements

When clients ignore their strengths

A friend from our free meetups and exchanges (link to register below) was telling us a story that all coaches can relate to. She was

What a coach can learn from a cycle trip…

I love cycling and in the summer of 2020 my husband and I cycled from Frankfurt to Spain. Here is what we learned (which is

Solution Focused Facilitation Cheat Sheet

Introduction (Goal: positive and relaxed atmosphere, problem-free zone) What do you do? Your role, location, position? Anything else important? What happened in the last weeks

Using “tools” in Solution Focused coaching

I don’t like the word “tools”, as the metaphor implies someone using something (a tool) on something to achieve a determined outcome. For example, you

Start to practice coaching: now!

“But I don’t know how to practice!” or: “Yeah, but I don’t have any clients!” and: “You can’t coach your friends, can you?” Some of

Stop coaching "limiting beliefs"

How does Solution Focus coach "limiting beliefs". In short: "We don't" -- if you want to learn what we do instead, read this blog

They could so use coaching — but don’t want to be coached!

We had a discussion in one of our ICF Onboarding class: a participant knows a person who would CLEARLY benefit from coaching, but they won’t

Taming the monkeys – How to say “No” in 5 simple steps

If you are a little bit like me, you have a lot to do and probably not always enough capacity to get everything done that

Why the “feedback sandwich” tastes bad

Dale Carnegie, the father of all self-help books and motivational speakers used the term “criticism sandwich” to help people structure feedback on an unwanted behavior,