I'm back with Jackie Hodgins today we talk about:   

• Assessments - Stakeholder interviews
• Details 
  • Determining the # of stakeholder 
  • Conducting the interviews 
  • Prepping the client for the results 
  • Sharing the result after the debrief 
• Getting insights that is very difficult to get any other way
• Finding the actionable insights

Highlights

• Discovering coaching at lunch  and taking an 8 year journey
• Parents were a teacher and clinical psychologist
• Todd's Lighting Rod moments
• Leaving his "day Job" to coach on his own, a methodical approach
• 10 year seed planted and then becoming the entrepreneur that he thought he could be
• Constantly getting more and more exposure to different industries and complexities
• "Confusion is a learning state"
• Really trying to listen deeply
• Todd's practice is Adaptable, Present and constant learning and growing
• Two lenses to improving his coaching
   
  • What is going in the world 
  • What is going on inside of himself 
• His coaching challenge is sharing energetically
• Taking a lighter touch to his facilitation and reading the room
• How Coaching impacted his Facilitation and vice versa
• Looking out for the clients system in his coaching
• Todd loves Sentence stems where Todd asks the client to finish his sentence
• Real time Brainstorming with Client these days
• Some work or results happen after the session, not just during
• Great phrase "Just enough structure" in his coaching
• Using language to support his clients example = Aspirations / Clarity / improvements rather than GOALS
• Separating a coaching session from their day to day work through language
• Working on Getting to the Edge with your clients
• Advice to his younger coach, listen deeply and be present

Gary Nowak and Adrienne Kortas and I get together once again to discuss these topics.   

• Body Language
• Presence
• Chemistry Calls
• Matching the intensity of your client
• Mirror the client
• Facilitation energy flows from you
• Coaching energy flows to you

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to join future conversations reach out to either Adrienne or myself through LinkedIn and we can set that up.  Thanks for listening!

Some Fantastic Highlights:

• Starting as a life Coach in the go go 90's
• Moving to phone coaching
• Level 3 listening
• Coaching while they are driving, lesson learned
• Coaching in systems
• You teach what you want to learn
• Non Violent Communication Tool
• Saboteur work with clients
• Stopping recommending books to clients, amen
• What are you sensing when you share this
• Having a conversation with the client that they don't have with themselves
• Having a lasting impact with clients
• How coaching is always evolving, finding the blind spots
• Figuring our your balance
• Integration and layering into your coaching
• Completing herself through coaching

Some Amazing Highlights:

• Having a strong niche in helping people with communication
• Coaching within Intel 
  • Writing emails 
  • Internal comms 
  • External comms 
• Coaching was a natural evolution of his career
• Providing heaps of best practices and scientifically driven information
• Constant learning with his clients
• Getting the opportunity to see your client "in action"
• The beauty of our impression and seeing the impact of your work
• Thinking and presenting in metaphors
• Difficult conversation tips and information
• Ground yourself in the facts
• Yes and . . . 
• Preparation, preparation, preparation
• Focus on the high level improvement areas, not a laundry list
• ALWAYS start with the positive and build from there
• Emotional reactions get the job done

Some Wonderful Highlights

• Trying to change how people feel
• Having a theatre and music passion
• Creating an environment to make an impact as a coach 
  • Safe and Fun 
• "Let's Press Pause"
• "I don't believe you"
• Serving vs Pleasing
• Being obsessed with Elvis Presley
• The Impact of what's happening outside the session
• Make you life richer than your "Art"
• Pushing Celebration
• Cracking open for growth
• Grasp your emotions
• Having the same conversation with the client over and over again
• Being wrong is great in coaching
• Using visuals during coaching
• Being in quicksand
• Chasing 3 cats, yeah 3 of them
• Taylor Swift grew on Brandon

Some Highlights

• Being a great strategic consultant early
• Coaching found Julie, not the other way around
• Coaching is all about sustainable change
• The best leaders are coaches
• Talking about great leaders
• "It's not what lights me up anymore"
• Writing letters of apology to your early clients
• Coach Supervision - can't imagine coaching without it
• Managing your energy in a coaching session
• Working harder than your client
• Setting up the coaching agreement properly
• Courage to stop taking new clients and the joy of meeting new clients
• Wherever you go there you are
• Be a better coach, write a book
• Visioning with a client
• The impact of coaching

Highlights:

• Well people see their potential
• Seeing people change and shift
• Amplifying peoples voices
• Tells clients if you don't think we can have fun together this might not be the right relationship
• Meaningful connections
• Having clients as friends
• Shortening sessions when necessary
• Preparing for client calls
• Epiphany is a big word
• Love being wrong with clients
• Reflective statements
• Coaching is an honor and a privilege
• Unconditional positive regard for the client
• Private dance party
• Insight timer and the Gold Stars
• The art of Storytelling
• Touching on Supervision
• Urgency and importance matrix
• Coaching - having more self compassion
• The Ripple affect

Highlights

• Great story to get into coaching
• Being asked to be made redundant, starting point for coaching
• Exposure to coaching unconventionally
• Powerful coach training program that he fell in love with
• Impact of coaching on  his facilitation work
• Getting to work with other coaches - Fun
• Being intentional with being present
• Rippling and having an impact
• I'm gonna work with you someday
• The rough stone to the polished facet
• Managing ADHD 
• Being off balance and catching it quicker
• Coaching coaches
• Coaching someone "like you"
• Thom's Super Power - Understanding "Beginners Mind"
• Find the balance inside of coaching
• Bringing back the hacky sack
• Coaching strength based forward looking

Highlights

• Getting thrown into roles without support
• Getting coached while at Google
• Learning to connect the dots and observe
• Coaching - Space for Reflection
• Start with the punchline
• Putting a period at the end of all your thoughts
• Swat the fly away
• Seeing the contradiction
• Seeing the parallels
• When you're inside the jar you can't read the label
• Things emerge, don't probe
• Getting beyond the tactical
• Being honest and building trust