The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

The winter holidays can include many things: time with family, a break from work…and maybe some casual racism over dinner. In today’s episode, Elena provides a quick overview of her What to Say When You Hear Something Racist framework. This is the content you need for the most essential holiday prep: preparing to disrupt racism. Note: this episode is a timely replay from our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist series. 

Keep learning: 

• What to Say When You Hear Something Racist (Podcast series + companion guide)
• Coaching for Equity (book by Elena Aguilar) 
• Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop) 
• Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram

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• Become a Friend of the Podcast  
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In this replay of a fan-favorite episode, Elena shares a minute-by-minute breakdown of how you should spend the five minutes before you walk into a meeting where you will be coaching. These five steps provide you with the greatest potential for that meeting to be transformative for both yourself and your client. 

Keep learning: 

• Join the Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC to gain access to Planning for a Coaching Conversation and 47 additional Skill Sessions
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching 
• Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram

Support the show:

• Become a Friend of the Podcast  
• Rate and review us

Reflection questions: 

• How do you currently prepare for your coaching conversations? Which element(s) of your current practice serve you well? 
• Elena provided five steps to take in the five minutes before your coaching conversations. Are any of these steps a part of your current practice? Were any of these steps surprising? 
• What can you do consistently to carve out the 5+ minutes necessary to prepare yourself to coach? Tip: Get as specific as possible. For example, is there a specific place where you can capture your pre-meeting routine? Are you someone who benefits from accountability and wants to create a tracking system? Is there a location you can consistently return to that would assist in habit formation? 

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How do you kindle a sense of power and agency in your client when they are feeling deflated or overwhelmed?  

In this fan-favorite replay episode of our special four-part First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. 

In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works, and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. 

This episode is for you if: 

• Your clients are feeling powerless or deflated 
• You’d like to learn a new way to open your coaching conversations 
• You like concrete coaching tools! 

Keep learning: 

• Join the Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC to gain access to 48 additional Skill Sessions that tackle the most essential coaching challenges 
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching 
• Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram

Support the show:

• Become a Friend of the Podcast  
• Rate and review us

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We spend most of our waking hours at work. With that level of investment, we better make sure that what we’re doing is working, but too often, we just hope for the best. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to effectively lead a feedback conversation with an administrator. It also includes a debrief discussing the conversation's dynamics and the significance of vulnerability. Elena also shares what she wishes she would have done with more challenging coach/admin relationships in the past.  

Notable moments: 

00:47 Setting the Stage: Role Play Context

02:29 Jumping into the Role Play

04:20 Positive Feedback Highlights

06:43 Addressing Critical Feedback

12:25 Reflecting on Feedback and Moving Forward

14:44 Debrief and Insights

25:28 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

Keep learning: 

•  Join our Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC and learn everything you need to know about soliciting feedback from your admin and your clients. You’ll also find a video recording of this coaching demonstration! 
• Free tool: The First 10 Minutes of a Coaching Conversation
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching
• Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram

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Reflection questions: 

• Have you solicited feedback from your admin? If so, how did it compare to Elena’s approach? If not, what has held you back?
• During the debrief, Elena discussed the power of narrating your emotions during feedback conversations. Have you tried this before, or would you be willing to try it? 
• What is one lingering question you have after listening to this demonstration and debrief? 

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How do you coach emotions with a client who doesn’t want to talk about their emotions? That’s what you’ll learn in this episode. In just ten minutes, Elena skillfully supports her “client” to consider the anger he’s experiencing with his administrators in a new light. At the end of the conversation, Elena will share why she made the moves she made and why they work. 

Notable moments: 

01:01 Introduction to Today's Coaching Demonstration

03:37 Identifying the Client’s Frustrations and Challenges

05:00 Exploring Emotions and Strategies

12:25 Debriefing the Role Play

20:26 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

Keep learning: 

• Join the Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC to gain access to Beyond ACE Emotions and 47 additional Skill Sessions
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching Chapters 7 and 8 for more guidance on how to coach emotions 
• Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram

Support the show:

• Become a Friend of the Podcast  
• Rate and review us

Reflection questions: 

• What coaching moves did you observe Elena make that built trust with her client? 
• What insights or questions did this demonstration and debrief raise for you? 
• How would you describe Elena’s way of being as a coach in this conversation? How did that impact the outcome of the conversation? 

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What do you do when a client continues to cancel their meetings with you? That’s what you’ll learn in this episode. Elena demonstrates practical strategies through three role-playing scenarios with Cary, a former teacher. This episode is a must-listen for coaches seeking to enhance their confidence and effectiveness in building productive client relationships.

Notable moments: 

02:20 Scenario 1: New Teacher Struggles

11:19 Scenario 2: Fourth-Year Teacher Overwhelm

21:51 Scenario 3: Resistance to Coaching

28:16 Final Thoughts and Debrief

Opportunities for continued learning: 

• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: October Skill Session When You’re Not Clicking With a Client  
• Attend a The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop with Elena 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching 
• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Become a Friend of the Podcast  

Reflection questions: 

• Which coaching moves did you hear Elena make in each of these three situations? 
• What questions or ideas are you taking away from this episode? 
• Which of the three scenarios would be the most challenging for you to coach? Why is that? What is one step you could take this week to prepare yourself to navigate this more confidently? 

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Elena coaches a teacher experiencing frustration after a failed family night in her classroom. She introduces the Gaps Framework to support the teacher in identifying what gaps might have contributed to the disappointing experience, considering both the families and the teacher’s potential needs. The Gaps Framework is designed to expand perspective and identify potential pathways forward, empowering teachers to tackle their areas for growth. 

Mentioned on this episode: 

• Become a Friend of the Podcast
• The Gaps Framework (free tool)

Opportunities for continued learning:

• Become a Bright Morning Member 
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching
• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: October Skill Session Introducing The Gaps Framework in Conversation
• Attend a The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop with Elena

Reflection questions: 

• If you have used the Gaps Framework with coaching clients before, how was your introduction and use similar and different from Elena’s?
• If you haven’t used the Gaps Framework with coaching clients before, what would you need to feel confident doing so?
• Elena had her client start by diagnosing the gaps families might be experiencing. Why do you think she took this approach?

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Running short on time in your coaching conversations? This episode is for you. Elena, playing the role of a school-based coach, demonstrates how to deftly navigate through the three phases of a coaching conversation—beginning, middle, and end—using skills from her “Arc of a Coaching Conversation” Skill Session. Set your timer and listen in to learn how to open and close your meetings in just five minutes. 

Notable Moments:

00:00 Introduction to the Bright Morning Podcast

00:56 Demonstration Setup: Coaching Conversation Phases

02:30 Role-Playing the Opening of the Coaching Conversation

09:46 Debriefing the Role-Play

15:52 Role-Playing the Closing of the Coaching Conversation

23:20 Final Thoughts and Resources

Opportunities for continued learning: 

• Become a Bright Morning Member
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching
• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: September Skill Session “The Arc of a Coaching Conversation”
• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: Coaching Demonstration Vault.
  • Watch coaching demonstrations, including a full video of the conversation heard in this episode, as well as an alternative version where Elena navigates a client who is emotionally activated and doesn’t want to transition to the next phase of the coaching conversation
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop with Elena
• Become a Friend of the Podcast

Reflection questions:

• What moves did Elena make to build trust and connection between her and her client?
• What moves did you hear Elena make that built teacher agency?
• How did this demonstration compare to how you open and close your conversations?

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If you’re leading classroom observations, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. Elena, playing the role of school-based coach, demonstrates how to navigate a client resistant to a classroom observation early in the year.

This coaching demonstration is an extension of our “Preparing for Your First Observation” Skill Session in the Learning Library. Learn more below.

Notable moments:

00:29 Setting Up the Coaching Demonstration

02:38 Starting the Coaching Conversation

03:13 Addressing Nervousness and Concerns

05:02 Exploring the Benefits of Observation

16:10 Debriefing the Coaching Session

20:38 Resources for Coaches

Opportunities for continued learning:

• The First 10 Minutes of Your Coaching Conversation (free tool)
• Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching
• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: September Skill Session “Preparing for Your First Observation”
• Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC: Coaching Demonstration Vault.
  • Watch coaching demonstrations, including a full video of the conversation heard in this episode
• Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop with Elena
• Become a Bright Morning Member
• Become a Friend of the Podcast 

Reflection questions: 

• What coaching moves did you hear Elena make in this conversation?
• What is one coaching move you would like to try in your next coaching conversation?
• Elena explicitly states that she is nudging her client to proceed with the observation. What was your reaction to this level of transparency? Is this something you do/would do in your coaching conversations?

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