#004 Mastering the Coach-Leadership Conversation Arc: Key Questions at Every Stage

The Hidden Structure of Amazing Conversations — You're joining me on the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast today to master the Coach-Leadership Conversation Arc. This is going to take the boredom, the frustration, the confusion, the wasted energy, the lack of outcome or painfully slow decision-making... basically the drag out of your conversations. And when you start to apply this Leaders Who Coach™ conversation arc consistently to more and more of your meetings, you'll be thanking me and wondering why no-one ever told you about it before now. Topics in this episode are:00:00 Introduction01:16 The purpose of the coach-leadership conversation arc02:01 The 3 parts of the conversation arc — the beginning, middle and end03:38 The BEGINNING of the coach-leadership conversation arc05:02 Agreeing the meeting agenda06:32 Contracting the outcome of the conversation08:26 The MIDDLE of the coach-leadership conversation arc — exploration09:27 What to listen out for in conversations09:52 Hold back on ‘solutioning’, create ownership instead12:18 The Who Energy Model™ for Leaders Who Coach™ 13:16 Your Leaders Who Coach™ Conversation Challenge15:04 Questions ask during exploration17:36 Questions — the most powerful tool in leadership and the most underused18:43 Socrates and critical thinking skills20:24 The END in the conversation arc — designing actions21:01 Questions to ask during designing actions22:09 Nuances like giving advice or sharing additional information24:36 Banish boredom and confusion in one-to-one conversations LINKS & RESOURCES I mention in this episode:====Coaching Techniques for People Managers and Leaders 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv  💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sehaamcyrene Substack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyreneLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/   Leaders Who Coach™ COURSE ★★★★★ CPD Certified====🥇"Transformational!"🥇"Game-changer!"🥇"Secret sauce to high-performing businesses"🎩 https://coachlead.co/leaders-who-coach/ 🎥 Watch my YouTube Playlist, Inside the Leaders Who Coach™ Course https://bit.ly/45M5lDA  📕 The Better Conversations RULEBOOK: Questions & Phrases Practised Daily by Leaders Who Coach™====My Amazon #1 Best Seller in Business Management and Leadership ★★★★★🎁 https://a.co/d/dl0mndJ  🎁 VOLUME 15% DISCOUNT CODE ** TEAM15 ** https://bit.ly/BCRT15 🌍 Outside UK Orders https://coachlead.co/rulebook/