Closing a session is just as important as creating awareness in a session - in fact - it creates even more awareness by supporting our clients to step into who they want to be and what they are committing to doing going forward so they step into their compelling future immediately. There are many powerful components to support our client's brilliance and desired future and in this podcast we share some of those ways of closing a session in a way that supports a client's behavioural transformation.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 170
There is an art in setting a goal with our clients - and when we do support our client to create a clear and 'deeper' goal - it can set a solid foundation for creating transformational conversations.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 169
Coaching with loving presence is perhaps one of the most powerful ways we can be of service to our clients - and be in service of ourselves to support whatever needs to emerge in the system of coaching. Nadim Bitar (ACC credentialed coach) shares his insights about the power of love, presence and spontaneity in coaching.
Listen to Nadim in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 168
Mental Health Nurse and founder of Keith's Closet (a free boutique for outgoing mental health patients) Keith Donnelly shares how learning the skills of coaching have supported his effectiveness both personally and professionally - through the challenges and opportunities that have arisen in recent times.
Listen to Keith in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 167,
The International Coaching Federation says coaching is based on the principle our clients are naturally creative resourceful and whole. When we work with our clients on this basis, we don't see them as 'broken', and therefore, we don't rescue or do the work for our clients. This empowers and frees them to do their own work in their own time.
Just like Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, said in relation to the seventh habit - Sharpen the Saw - coaching super-vision also supports coaches to 'preserve and enhance the greatest asset you have – you.' Supervision provides a safe place to reflect, renew and develop as coaches and who we are being first and foremost. Lily Seto, an ICF PCC coach and an award-winning supervisor as recognised by the EMCC in 2021 explains what supervision is and isn't and the benefits of this powerful practice in this podcast.
Listen to Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 165 here.
Coaches often look at ways to increase their reach and their capabilities. In this episode Marie and Jeanine talk about volunteering and the various opportunities available to enhance the coaches reach. Growing not just themselves and their businesses but also having an impact on people and the world as a whole. Listen in to hear how volunteering is a win win for everyone involved.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 164 here.
Neil Scotton shares a simple, yet very powerful coaching conversation tool to support clients to realise what is most important to them - beyond themselves - yet intrinsically connected to who they truly are. Neil's wheel opens up systemic coaching conversations related to the environment, sustainability, financials, economics, legacy, purpose, fulfilment, human connection and so much more.
Often coaches omit to set a clear goal for the coaching session, which means both the client and coach might get lost during the session - not really sure what was agreed and where they are heading towards. This also means neither have a way to clearly measure the success or not of the conversation. In this podcast we provide tips and clues as to how to set a SMART goal for the coaching session.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 162
We share our experiences for setting up our coaching business for success: what were the keys to our success, what we did specifically, what we learned through successes and 'falling over', what we decided to do differently and what we are celebrating in Your Onion's podcast. This recording was made and shared with the permission of Ginger Camel's Founder Stefan Lindberg-Jones.
Who we are as a coach will impact our results. In other words, who we attract into our business and how we support our clients in terms of how brave, vulnerable, open, compassionate, daring, loving, curious, connected and so on - will also impact our client's ability to make the change they desire. Our client's will be responding to how we are being as an instrument or pathway of change for them. The more energy, love, passion, trust and dedication we put in, the more that will come back to us in all sorts of beautiful and powerful ways.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 160
International women's day celebrates the steps women have taken to obtain the freedoms and opportunities we have today! And we are grateful for those incredible sacrifices made that have opened up doors for Empower World and the work we do.
Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 159
In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 158 Marie and Jeanine share how there is much research and our own experiences which supports how we all express our emotions in unique and different ways through our physiology and the words Using intuition is one of a coach's most powerful ways of supporting their clients to create new perspectives about what they are experiencing or what might be possible. Tapping into our own intuition as a coach as to what to ask, what to reflect and share, as well as asking our client to tap into their intuition in relation to what is their truth and way forward is hugely empowering. Listen to the podcast to find out more.
In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 157 Marie and Jeanine share how there is much research and our own experiences which supports how we all express our emotions in unique and different ways through our physiology and the words we use - which means when we make assumptions about someone's experience using our own personal experiences - we can be off track with what our client or the person we are communicating with is attempting to convey. This can possibly lead to breaking of trust and rapport or coming out with outcomes not as powerful as they can be. In this podcast we explain how we can work with our clients to create powerful awareness and new empowering choices.
What are your reflections upon the year 2020 and your work as a coach?
In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 156 Marie and Jeanine share how impactful not only formal but also informal reflection has been
on their life and work.
They share simple reflection practices to enhance the coaching experience which in turn create deeper growth and learning for both the coach and the client.
Michelle Arscott shares how living her life according to her purpose, values, and passions has lead to creating her dreams which is bound to create a beautiful legacy.
In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 154, listen to Helen Isacke founder of the Trusted Coach Directory as she shares some of the mistakes to avoid when setting up your coaching practice.. and so much more.
George Nuthu, is a member of as well as Co-Chairing the ICF Global Task Force 'Reviewing Core Values and Definition of Coaching' to set-up coaching practices which maintain and enhance ethical practices in coaching to ensure diversity, inclusion, fairness, equality and justice. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 153, George explains - as coaches we have a social responsibility to appreciate and respect humanity. 'Human beings are human beings' and that means suspending judgment, respecting the individual and being mindful of local rules and cultural practices.
Diversity, inclusion, equity is part of many conversations taking place across the world at present with the rise of Black Lives Matter marches taking place in many major cities worldwide. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 152, Rachel Petero, ICF credentialed coach brings her perspective of these important and critics topics through her own lens as an indigenous woman in support of a unified approach in the world.
When our clients listen beyond the words they share - they are beginning to listen to their whole selves and at a much deep and richer level. This supports clients to create the expanded awareness necessary for opening up choices and new experiences. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 151, Jeanine and Marie share what embodied coaching really means.
In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 150 Jeanine and Marie share how asking questions to clients to reframe their experiences is one of the powerful ways we support them to experience powerful change!
Katie Mapondera shares her hopes for and experiences with having courageous conversations between different races to come together to create awareness, understanding and a way forward that's good for all people involved in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 149.
Nothing feels better than knowing that you are taking care of yourself. Listen to Jeanine Bailey & Marie Quigley to know the tips in finding the best versions of ourselves in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 148.
Coaches and leaders can have a direct impact and change the narrative about racism. Shannon Kadenyi (Professional Personal Trainer and Life Coach) and Tenneka Campbell (Life Coach, and an Intuitive Coach and Energy Healer) discuss racism with Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 147, in relation to being seen and heard as black women. They also share about the work we can all do to break down racism: learning and unlearning, acknowledging racism exists, supporting the black communities, being mindful of language and behaviours towards black people and having difficult conversations in daily lives and business.
Coaching supervision is a way to navigate our 'world' and support ourselves as coaches to be the best we can be - particularly in these times of uncertainty and great challenge for ourselves as coaches, our coaching clients and all the systems and stakeholders involved. Jeanine and Marie share more about the power of supervision in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 146.