Transformational Coach: Structure
from Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Hosted by Michelle Burkhard
Sometimes silence shows up when a question touches identity. At Level 4, the Transformational Coach stays witha coachee who says, “I don’t know who I am if I’m not working toward something.” Michelle explores what happens as a long-held belief comes into view: if I’m capable of doing more, I should do more. This episode looks at how new awareness can threaten an old identity, why a question can take seconds to ask and much longer to metabolize, and the discipline of letting one powerful question stand without stacking another on top of it. Michelle also addresses what to do when awareness brings grief rather than excitement, and why depth is not the goal: development is. The Transformational Coach uses silence to serve reflection, awareness, and ownership, not to create intensity, and offers the coachee a choice about where to go next. Have a question or a coaching moment you’d like Michelle to explore on the podcast? Email [email protected]. Ready to coach in ways that create lasting awareness and ownership? Join us in the Coaching Academy this January. Visit CA.GrowBy1.com. Reflection Questions What beliefs about achievement, productivity, or worth might be underneath a coachee’s silence? Where in my own life might I believe that being capable of more means I should do more? How could I let a powerful question stand without adding another question on top of it? How might I support a coachee when new awareness brings grief rather than excitement? How would I offer a coachee the choice between staying with reflection and moving toward what comes next?
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