Coaching is a powerful skill for leaders and professionals. Mindful coaching is about helping others reflect in the context of a safe relationship. Silence and Caring are at the heart of mindful coaching. When coaches provide accepting attention it is healing in itself. 

There are two phases of mindful coaching: Assessment and Goal-setting. Assessment is about seeking understanding and has two key components: 

• Active listening 
• Focused Inquiry

Goal-setting is about planning and action and has two key components: 

• Brainstorming 
• Committing to action

There are three levels and modes of operating as a mindful coach:

• Sounding Board
• Skills Development Trainer
• Transformational Agent

Generally we avoid giving advice because our goal is for clients to learn to think for themselves. Questions help us avoid taking over and invite reflection. However, if a client is about to make a costly mistake that could affect their career, we can temporarily step out of our neutral stance and go into expert mode to provide advice. 

Experiment: Receiving coaching

Experiment: Providing coaching 

Experiment: Increasing the power of questions 

Experiment: Giving constructive feedback

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