255: Are You Right Sized with Your Coaching Clients?

Print out these 5 ways to ensure a healthy relationship between a coach and client.What do you do when a client comes to a session resistant, as if their arms are folded across their chest? Coaching seems to bounce off them. Or worse they seem to have the expectation that you’ll fix or figure out things for them, but aren’t willing to be part of the solution. What’s going on there?It might be about power dynamics and, specifically, the power that is perceived by the client about the coach and the coach about the client.For coaching to happen, both coach and client must show up creative, resourceful and whole. In other words, standing firmly in their personal power, rather than deflated or inflated.Perceived personal power can dramatically affect how safe, effective and enjoyable the coaching relationship feels to both coach and client.I’ll share 5 things you can do to support a healthy coaching relationship.