What’s the purpose of taking notes in a coaching conversation? What notes should I take? Should I send notes that I take to my coachee?
Elena answers these questions and more in this final episode of our beginning-of-the-year mini-series designed with new coaches in mind – but relevant to anyone who engages in coaching. […]
Elena shares a minute-by-minute breakdown of how you should spend the five minutes before you walk into a meeting where you will be coaching. These five steps provide you with the greatest potential for that meeting to be transformative for both yourself and your client. […]
Read More… from Episode 178: How to Prepare for a Coaching Conversation in Five Minutes
In this episode, Elena shares the key to setting impactful goals with your coachees, and the secret to making goal-setting, and accountability, a healthy and productive approach. This is a must-listen episode for every coach, and anyone who is responsible for a coaching program. […]
Read More… from Episode 177: How to Set Goals with Your Coachees
In this episode, designed for new coaches at the beginning of the school year, Elena demonstrates how she introduces herself to new coachees and pulls back the curtain on the moves she makes. […]
Read More… from Episode 176: How to Introduce Yourself as a Coach
In this episode, the third in a series designed to support new coaches in the beginning of the school year, Elena demonstrates how she introduces coaching to new coachees and then pulls back the curtains on the moves she makes. […]
Read More… from Episode 175: How to Introduce Coaching to New Clients
Today’s episode is arguably the most important Bright Morning Podcast episode to date. Elena provides the foundational knowledge that you need if you aspire to be a Transformational Coach: the six elements that define her approach to coaching. […]
Read More… from Episode 174: The Six Elements of Transformational Coaching
It’s back-to-school season so we’re kicking off a mini-series that will help new coaches have an excellent start to their coaching practice. In this episode, Elena shares the six most important things to know if you’re a new coach. […]
Read More… from Episode 173: The Six Most Important Things to Know If You’re a New Coach
The Ladder of Inference is widely used in multiple fields. Skillful use of the ladder expands a story. Expanding a story is always helpful when dealing with resistance, because resistance can be frustrating. And an expanded story helps us shift into curiosity and compassion – critical dispositions for a Transformational Coach. […]
In this final episode of our Hot Topics of Coaching for Equity mini-series Elena shares seven things you can do when you are in a toxic culture, one where there is contagious negativity. […]
Read More… from Episode 167: Navigating Contagious Negativity
“What do you do if you’re coaching in a place where your values are misaligned?”
In this episode of our Hot Topics in Coaching for Equity mini-series, Elena takes a coaching stance to help unpack this question and support you in thinking through potential options for taking action. […]