How to Open and Close a Coaching Conversation: Episode 219

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September 30, 2024

Best-selling author and coaching expert, Elena Aguilar, brings weekly tips, tools, and wisdom to educators with one goal: to help you thrive.

Running short on time in your coaching conversations? This episode is for you. Elena, playing the role of a school-based coach, demonstrates how to deftly navigate through the three phases of a coaching conversation—beginning, middle, and end—using skills from her “Arc of a Coaching Conversation” Skill Session. Set your timer and listen in to learn how to open and close your meetings in just five minutes.

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Notable Moments:

00:00 Introduction to the Bright Morning Podcast

00:56 Demonstration Setup: Coaching Conversation Phases

02:30 Role-Playing the Opening of the Coaching Conversation

09:46 Debriefing the Role-Play

15:52 Role-Playing the Closing of the Coaching Conversation

23:20 Final Thoughts and Resources

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Opportunities for continued learning:

Become a Bright Morning Member
Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching
Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: September Skill Session “The Arc of a Coaching Conversation”
Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: Coaching Demonstration Vault. some text
- Watch coaching demonstrations, including a full video of the conversation heard in this episode, as well as an alternative version where Elena navigates a client who is emotionally activated and doesn’t want to transition to the next phase of the coaching conversation
Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop with Elena
Become a Friend of the Podcast

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Reflection questions:

What moves did Elena make to build trust and connection between her and her client?
What moves did you hear Elena make that built teacher agency?
How did this demonstration compare to how you open and close your conversations?

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