Michelle Lucas, executive coach, trainer and coaching supervisor, joins our host, Simone Sweeney, to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of the quest to fill our coaching toolboxes. Michelle encourages coaches to consider how their underpinning coaching philosophy can guide their choices. She emphasizes the importance of embedding your current skillset before embarking on a series of new tools, as knowing when not to use a tool. This conversation encourages self-reflection and honesty when deciding how many tools and techniques we really need, highlighting the importance of using recognized and rigorously researched tools, and considering different learning styles in coaching practice.

 

In this podcast episode you will learn:

 

·       How to think ethically about incorporating new techniques

·       The benefits of consciously deepening as well as broadening your toolbox

·       Some common tools and techniques, and the best way to learn them

 

 "A good coaching tool will take somebody to somewhere they've not been before, and it will mobilize something."

 

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit: 

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel_getting-started-coaches-podcast-series-coaching-tools-techniques