In this episode of our Try it On Challenge mini-series, Elena shares the coaching question you need if you’d like to trust the coaching process and more fully center your coachee and let them take the lead in your conversations. She models what this looks like in action, and provides tips for how to navigate the conversation if things turn unproductive.Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the PodcastAttend The Art of Coaching workshop (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art o...

Ep 187: Try It On: Let Your Coachee Lead

Best-selling author and coaching expert Elena Aguilar shares weekly tips, tools, and wisdom about coaching, leading teams, and designing and facilitating professional development.&nbsp;

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If you want to coach the beliefs that drive actions, you need to know and be able to do five things. Elena shares those and much more in this first of a five-part series on coaching beliefs. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  Pre-order Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching Claim your pre-order bonuses Attend an in-person workshop with Elena Opportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning Member Attend an in-pe...

Ep 201: How to Coach Beliefs: Five Things You Need to Know

In this episode, Elena uses the Core Human Needs framework to coach a teacher who is struggling to adapt to a new school environment. At multiple points in the conversation, Elena “pulls back the curtain” and provides insights into her coaching moves. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  Core Human NeedsPre-order Arise: The Art of Transformational CoachingEpisode 183: Try It On: A Confidence Building Sentence StemOpportunities for continued learning: ...

Ep 200: Coaching Conversation: Coaching Core Human Needs

Do you struggle to coach disempowered clients? Do you have teammates who often feel like things are happening to them? In this episode, Elena shares how coaching ways of being, and in particular, coaching agency is the skill a Transformational Coach needs to help their clients feel better and empowered to get their needs met. You’ll learn two approaches to start utilizing this approach in your coaching conversations. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast &nb...

Ep 199: How to Coach Towards Agency

Many of us respond to problems by attempting to solve them. Doing so in coaching conversations undermines our client’s agency. In this episode, Elena shares what causes a fix-it tendency and five steps you can take to resist it in your conversations.Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the PodcastPre-order Arise: The Art of Transformational Coachingand claim your pre-order bonus offersThe Creative ACT: A Way of Being, by Rick RubinOpportunities for continued learning: Becom...

Ep 198: How to Curb Your “Fix It” Tendency

The Core Human Needs is a thinking tool that has had the biggest impact on Elena’s coaching practice over the past 20 years. In this episode, Elena explains what the core human needs are, what you might hear in coaching conversations to indicate they aren’t being met, and how to respond in those moments. This tool is critical for coaching ways of being. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the PodcastPre-order Arise: The Art of Transformational Coachingand claim your p...

Ep 187: Try It On: Let Your Coachee Lead

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