Coaching Trust & Safety: Client's Role in Partnership

What if the most valuable thing a coach offers right now is not a question, a framework, or a goal-setting process, but simply a space to be heard? Tracy Sinclair, MCC, founder of Coach Advancement, joined Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave on The Coaching Edge Podcast to explore how the need coaching meets in the world has shifted. Tracy points to leaders who are physically in the room but emotionally elsewhere, organisations where busyness is a badge of effort, and a growing grey area between coaching and therapy as signs that presence, not performance, is now the central challenge. A timely conversation for any coach asking what their clients actually need right now. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eDP2euHK #TheCoachingEdgePodcast #SteveJeffs #ErwindeGrave #TracySinclair #executivecoaching #leadershipdevelopment #coachingpresence

What happens when coaching starts to feel rehearsed? We see this alot. Coaches who work so hard to “get it right” can often end up becoming disconnected and losing impact with their clients. In this podcast episode, we welcome Kim Cutler, ICF PCC coach, executive and leadership coach, and mentor coach supporting coaches through The Coaching Catalysts. Together, we unpack a pattern many coaches quietly carry. The pressure to master every competency, every marker, every nuance. It can lead to coaching that feels tight rather than trusting. The reality is, the competencies matter. They provide structure, rigour, and a shared standard across the profession, as outlined by the International Coaching Federation. And yet, when held too tightly, they can shift our attention away from what truly creates impact. The relationship, the presence, the human in front of us. Learning how to hold the competencies more lightly, opens up the coaching conversation. Natural style comes through. There is more ease, more connection and more trust. If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking in the coaching space, this episode will resonate. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now and join us for an honest, grounded conversation that may just change how you hold your practice. Available on all major platforms: GENERAL LINK: https://lnkd.in/eY_Psa4C APPLE: https://lnkd.in/eFmP539V SPOTIFY: https://lnkd.in/eGeYwzy8 #thecoachingcatalysts #thecoachingcatalystspodcast #newpodcastepisode #podcastforcoaches #coachingtips #coachconfidence #coachingcompetencies

What happens when coaching starts to feel rehearsed? We see this alot. Coaches who work so hard to “get it right” can often end up becoming disconnected and losing impact with their clients. In this podcast episode, we welcome Kim Cutler, ICF PCC coach, executive and leadership coach, and mentor coach supporting coaches through The Coaching Catalysts. Together, we unpack a pattern many coaches quietly carry. The pressure to master every competency, every marker, every nuance. It can lead to coaching that feels tight rather than trusting. The reality is, the competencies matter. They provide structure, rigour, and a shared standard across the profession, as outlined by the International Coaching Federation. And yet, when held too tightly, they can shift our attention away from what truly creates impact. The relationship, the presence, the human in front of us. Learning how to hold the competencies more lightly, opens up the coaching conversation. Natural style comes through. There is more ease, more connection and more trust. If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking in the coaching space, this episode will resonate. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now and join us for an honest, grounded conversation that may just change how you hold your practice. Available on all major platforms: GENERAL LINK: https://lnkd.in/e4XAS7ai APPLE: https://lnkd.in/eHanK4tx SPOTIFY: https://lnkd.in/eRWzKysi #thecoachingcatalysts #thecoachingcatalystspodcast #newpodcastepisode #podcastforcoaches #coachingtips #coachconfidence #coachingcompetencies

What happens when coaching starts to feel rehearsed? We see this alot. Coaches who work so hard to “get it right” can often end up becoming disconnected and losing impact with their clients. In this podcast episode, we welcome Kim Cutler, ICF PCC coach, executive and leadership coach, and mentor coach supporting coaches through The Coaching Catalysts. Together, we unpack a pattern many coaches quietly carry. The pressure to master every competency, every marker, every nuance. It can lead to coaching that feels tight rather than trusting. The reality is, the competencies matter. They provide structure, rigour, and a shared standard across the profession, as outlined by the International Coaching Federation. And yet, when held too tightly, they can shift our attention away from what truly creates impact. The relationship, the presence, the human in front of us. Learning how to hold the competencies more lightly, opens up the coaching conversation. Natural style comes through. There is more ease, more connection and more trust. If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking in the coaching space, this episode will resonate. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now and join us for an honest, grounded conversation that may just change how you hold your practice. Available on all major platforms: GENERAL LINK: https://lnkd.in/ewzyutjP APPLE: https://lnkd.in/e4MpDihj SPOTIFY: https://lnkd.in/exUPaWSq #thecoachingcatalysts #thecoachingcatalystspodcast #newpodcastepisode #podcastforcoaches #coachingtips #coachconfidence #coachingcompetencies

Feedback Tool: The A-B-C-D Feedback Model (Assertiveness + Empathy in Action) Inspired by my recent conversation with Coach David Cory on The Coaching Podcast. This framework balances emotional intelligence with clarity. A – Affect (How I Feel) “I feel…” Name the emotion. Own it. No blame. B – Behaviour (What Happened) “Because…” Describe the specific behaviour or situation — facts, not judgment. C – Change (The Request) “What I would like is…” Make a clear, constructive request. D – Dialogue (Open the Conversation) “Can we talk about this?” Invite discussion. Keep it collaborative. Listen to The Coaching Podcast - Coach for Success in Sport and Business Apple/iTunes: https://apple.co/3Co9ddg Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gQEpFcB Watch: https://lnkd.in/g-R3DBQQ #Leadership #Management #Communication #EmotionalIntelligence #Coaching #CoachEM #Podcaster #CoachingPodcast

🎙️How To Monitize Your Knowledge as a Coach! Latest podcast with host of the 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘, Luke Jean-Louis & guest Robert Bagley, reveals the secrets to starting a Life and/or Business Coaching Practice with skills you already have. Check it out here👇 https://lnkd.in/eiFt44H8 #lifecoach #coaching #businesscoach #networking #personalbranding

What if the answers your clients are searching for aren’t in their thoughts… but in their body? 🌱 In the latest edition of choice, the magazine of professional coaching, Lisa Murrell explores a powerful shift in how we approach decision-making through her article “Coaching from the Ground Up.” Her work brings forward the idea that true choice comes from the integration of mind, body, and intuition, offering coaches a deeper, more grounded way to guide their clients. The Beyond The Page Podcast episode featuring Lisa Murrell is now live. Tune in to hear her unpack this approach and explore how you can bring it into your coaching practice. 👉 Listen now and discover a more grounded way to guide your clients.

What if the answers your clients are searching for aren’t in their thoughts… but in their body? 🌱 In the latest edition of choice, the magazine of professional coaching, Lisa Murrell explores a powerful shift in how we approach decision-making through her article “Coaching from the Ground Up.” Her work brings forward the idea that true choice comes from the integration of mind, body, and intuition, offering coaches a deeper, more grounded way to guide their clients. The Beyond The Page Podcast episode featuring Lisa Murrell is now live. Tune in to hear her unpack this approach and explore how you can bring it into your coaching practice. 👉 Listen now and discover a more grounded way to guide your clients.

What do you live by? Not what you do. Not your title. What actually guides you? On the Strong Ground podcast, Brené Brown shared that the Dare to Lead Transformation includes an exercise designed to answer exactly that: identifying your two core values. People almost always ask the same two questions: Should these be personal or professional? And do I really only get to pick two? Her answer to the first: neither. They're life values. The same ones that show up when you're parenting, leading, grieving, or building. You have the same set regardless of the context. And the second? Yes. Two. The two values that are your guide principles: how you operate, how you live, how you show up in every room you walk into. If we believe that values are whole-person, then why do we evaluate people as if they're only their problematic behavior? In my coaching training, one phrase came up again and again: Coach the person, not the problem. That's exactly what I love most about coaching. To coach the person well, you must lead with curiosity. I consider it an act of care and love to be curious. It is definitely one of my top two values. I had to get curious with and about myself first to truly understand my own values. What drives my behavior? My responses? Both in my past and now, as I've healed and shed old versions of myself. That same curiosity is what I bring to every person I interact with. It's how I connect. There is so much below the surface that we never scratch. My wish is that we carry curiosity into every environment we inhabit: the workplace, our partnerships, our friendships, our families. What if our first question was always about the person, not just the problem in front of us? So, what are your top two values? P.S. I'm still deciding on my second value. I'm not rushing it. I'm enjoying the process, especially sitting with how one value rolls up into another. 📸 Me getting curious and listening to the sound of snow hitting a tree's leaves. Curiosity shows up everywhere, if you let it. #ValuesBasedLeadership #CoachingCulture #CuriousLeader #WholePersonCoaching

Bruce Brown from Proactive Coaching used to talk about how great teams don’t let talented players coast. Sometimes your best athlete can go eighty percent and still beat everyone, but that’s not the standard. The standard is giving your best, not just being better than the guy next to you. When one player coasts, everybody notices, and culture starts to slip. Those are the moments where a coach has to have a hard conversation, even with the players who usually don’t get challenged very often. We got into this more in a recent Beyond Coaching podcast conversation, and it’s one of the ideas that has shaped a lot of the thinking behind the Impactful Coaching Project. beyondcoaching.alitu.com https://lnkd.in/gHnWiwAx