In the previous segment of this series, we proposed that human beings are both designed for and are called to care for each other and to connect with each other. The positive side of our humanity is built and demonstrated through caring and...
Read moreThe Coach Approach, Part 2 – The Motivation
In the first part of this series on developing a Coaching Mindset, we mentioned briefly the role that questions play in building connections with other people and then discussed some of the roadblocks to asking questions. People often lose that...
Read moreThe Coach Approach, Part 1 – The Roadblocks
Most people recognize that asking questions is a large part of coaching others. If fact, asking questions is an important skill that goes beyond coaching. Asking questions is a core skill to connecting with others, building relationships, and to...
Read moreThe Coach Approach – Intro
The Coach Approach© is a lifestyle or mindset of utilizing questions in conversations to build relationship and/or to help others to grow. It is an other-focused or “one another” approach to relating to the people around us. The Coach Approach...
Read moreCorrection vs. Criticism
The two words, correction and criticism, may sound similar but they can often result in very different results. Correction provides the opportunity to build up while criticism often tears down. To begin the explanation of the difference between...
Read moreEmpty Praise Has Empty Value
Praise or affirmation is often confused with feedback, but they can be quite different. Praise or affirmation is generally a statement meant to pick someone up or make them feel appreciated. Praise is often something like “Atta boy/girl!” or...
Read more“The COACH Model” by Keith Webb
These days there are many books on coaching. Some of them are targeted for the professional life coach, some for the manager or leader who realizes the value of coaching to build relationships and develop team members, and others for the person...
Read moreThe Power in Powerful Questions
Today, the concept of coaching is familiar to most people and many people might describe coaching as a conversation built around questions. But there are questions and then there are powerful questions. If, in coaching, we hope to help others...
Read moreAsk Questions Instead of Giving Answers
Bosses give answers; leaders ask questions. Many people, when placed in a position of leadership, view it as either their privilege or their responsibility to provide answers. This might be in the form of directing those around them, or their...
Read moreEffective Leaders Know Their Team Members
Building relationships is a skill possessed by effective leaders and it should be utilized first and foremost with the leader’s own team members. Trust and respect are not easily given away by most people, but they are the very relationship...
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