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. […]
Read More… from Episode 95: First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…”
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. […]
Read More… from Episode 94: First 5 Minutes: “Tell me about a challenging moment…”
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. […]
Read More… from Episode 93: First 5 Minutes: “Tell me a story…”
Today’s episode is a Coaches’ Corner episode where you have the opportunity to be guided by Elena in your own “coaching” session. Today Elena walks you through five essential questions to assess your resilience reserves. […]
Read More… from Episode 90: Coaches’ Corner: Is Your Tank Full?
This week we are replaying an earlier coaching tools episode where Elena provides an overview of the ACE framework, one of the core strategies for coaching resilience.
The ACE framework is one that has been utilized in many of the coaching conversations episodes, including one we will be replaying next week: Virtual Reality: Confronting Self Doubt. […]
Read More… from Episode 88: REPLAY: How to Ace Your Coaching Conversations
This is a Behind the Designs episode in which Elena pulls back the curtain to provide expert advice on holding spaces for transformation. Today she’s sharing the strategy you need for coaching clients who are experiencing strong emotions. […]
Read More… from Episode 87: Behind the Design: Coaching Strong Emotions
On today’s episode Elena coaches an instructional coach who works at a school that is the top performing high school in the state where despite their considerable success, students of color are being underserved. While this reality is known and discussed at the district and school-wide level, disparities are not being addressed at the individual classroom level. Elena’s coachee wants to change that and asked to be coached to figure out what is holding her back and how to consistently coach with an equity lens. Together the two discuss 7 foundational steps to take to begin building her foundation for coaching for equity. […]
Read More… from Episode 86: Coaching Conversation: Addressing Race-Based Opportunity Gaps
In this Coaches’ Corner episode Elena shows up as your coach and expertly guides you through some exercises and prompts to consider if you are looking to coach for equity. […]
Read More… from Episode 85: You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here.
How do you approach a coaching role in a new (largely undefined) coaching program? This was the question today’s coachee brought to Elena for this coaching episode. […]
Read More… from Episode 84: Kicking Off Coaching Relationships in 2021-22
How do you approach starting a new coaching program? Today Elena shares her advice for what you need to consider on the front-end to set your coaching program up for success. […]
Read More… from Episode 83: Coaching Conversation: How Do I Set Our Coaching Program Up for Success?