The Growth Moment With Amy K Coaching

I'm always looking for tips & tools to have more impactful conversations - especially when it comes to giving and receiving feedback. I can't tell you how many clients stumble in this area - avoiding a discussion OR getting all judgy/making assumptions OR glossing over a critical issue that needs resolution. Less helpful, more harmful. If YOU wish to improve your skill in engaging with your fellow humans & driving change - this episode is for you. I have a tool called Situation - Behavior - Impact to share. You get to practice with your own scenario & walk away more empowered personally & professionally. Check out the folks behind the SBI model - The Center for Creative Leadership - tons of great resources. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Are you bracing or embracing? Whether it be responding to a company layoff, a health diagnosis, the political news of the day or someone asking if they can share some feedback with you! By definition, bracing is about making something rigid, stronger or more resistant. Embracing is to accept willingly or enthusiastically. Quite the difference in approach. This episode is for you if you wish to consider where an embrace might be more powerful than a brace. Pick a life area or situation where you wish to more fully meet & engage with reality. Let's COACH and access even more of your full potential. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! MORE RESOURCES: Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

The Inner Critic. Saboteurs. Gremlins. No matter the name, HAVE they been lurking around lately? Tripping you up and holding you back from YOUR future? These guys are persistent and insidious. AND, as one of my favorite clients recently said, the Inner Critic often gets loudest right before growth. I have found this to be true, over and over, for myself and for others. So, I decided it's high time for a call to action - take back control & toss the Critic out of the room. I promise you, life is so much better when the  chatter and noise of self doubt is silenced and you are free to GROW. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! MORE RESOURCES: Here is Margaret Weniger's book! Broken: Designing Careers In A Flawed & Outdated System These past Growth Moment episodes are also useful!  #33 Inner Critic 101 #1 Overcoming the 800 Pound Inner Critic - Coaching Scotty M. The classic book Taming Your Gremlin I like this article - it hits on how you can create more self compassion, understand your inner critic A Surprising Way To Quiet Your Inner Critic A TED talk by Steve Chapman "This Talk Isn't Very Good"    Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Another solo "just Amy" podcast! This time it's the tool that cuts through all the noise - right to the bottom line. The magic question: What do you want? This simple little question is a game changer as a leader or boss, in relationships, setting goals & making plans, in conflict and collaboration. It's perfect anytime you need a burst of clarity. I will take you through FOUR steps to help you get clear on WHAT YOU WANT! SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: Welcome to one of my solo episodes! Normally I'm coaching a guest and then weaving insights and tools around that coaching to help YOU grow! But, I got such a lovely positive response to my first solo episode about moving from either/or thinking into the both/and mindset, that I'm adding more 'just Amy' episodes. I hope you find this one equally as valuable. I feel called to share one of my coaching 'first principles' that I use pretty much every time I coach. It's the question:  'what do you want?' Such a simple tool! A fundamental, bottom line kind of tool. Often this is a question that stops you in your tracks. You might be deep in frustration, swirling around in the details of a situation that is challenging, things not going your way. If I ask you to stop, breathe and ponder - what do you want? - it tends to set you back on your heels, switch your brain's direction and pop you out of that swirl or fog right into clarity.  So, that is the power tool I am putting in your hands today. A tool you can use right across your life, with yourself and others, in almost any situation. "What do you want?" is a game changer as a leader or boss, in relationships, setting goals & making plans, in conflict and collaboration. This tool is perfect anytime you need a burst of clarity – when you want to shine some light on a topic or area in your life. I find it particularly enlightening for new starts – starting the new year or season, a new job, project, planning a vacation, buying a new car, getting in shape, making a new friend. And it is especially good for sticky, stuck, frustrating, contentious situations. "What do you want?" most definitely belongs in your tool kit. To get the most out of this episode, take in all the information & ideas, but make it REAL. Make it count. Start thinking about an area where you are struggling, swirling or stuck. Or an area that is calling to you, pulling to you - an ambition or desire. Any place where you want clarity and momentum. I will take you through FOUR steps to help you get clear on WHAT YOU WANT. I am NOT here today to help you figure out how to get it. That will have to wait for another episode! We are only focusing on the WHAT, not the HOW. Know that I AM your coach - we were meant to partner together TODAY for YOUR growth. This is for you. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1 and my transformative group coaching.  Now, get out there and GROW TODAY!