Tag: coaches

Episode 99: Behind the Design: Planning for Conflict

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Are you interested in strengthening your leadership muscles to support your teammates in engaging in healthy conflict? 

Are you conflict averse but want to get better at sharing your needs? 

If so, this episode is for you. 

Listen in to hear Elena and Bright Morning teammate, Lori Cohen, discuss what makes engaging in conflict challenging for many people, how to strengthen your muscles to engage in healthy conflict, and a sentence stem you can try on today to start to do so. […]

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Episode 95: First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…”

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How can we bring some creativity and levity to our coaching conversations? What about helping our clients access their needs? Or connecting them to their power?

In this fourth and final episode of our special four-part First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. […]

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Episode 94: First 5 Minutes: “Tell me about a challenging moment…”

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How do you kindle a sense of power and agency in your coachee when they are feeling deflated or overwhelmed?  

In this third episode of our special four-part First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. 

In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action.  […]

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Episode 93: First 5 Minutes: “Tell me a story…”

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How can we instill our clients with confidence in their potential to learn and grow? 

In this second edition of our special four-part First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. 

In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action.  […]

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Episode 92: First 5 Minutes: “Tell me about a place…”

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Today’s episode is the first in our special four-part First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will provide you with all you need to know to incorporate one resilience-boosting question to use in your conversations.

In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action.  […]

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Episode 91: Journey Into Wanderland

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Does your life feel like it’s one checklist after another? Are you feeling unbalanced with your energy being spent on only what must get done and not pursuits that fill you up? If so, this is the episode for you. 

Today we’re kicking off Season 5 of the podcast with some Quarterly Wisdom from Elena. Tune in to hear about an energizing practice that will support you in connecting in meaningful ways with people, places and yourself. […]

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