2024-03-07 16:08
How to become a somatic coach? Exercises, techniques and the best programs
By Lucia Baldelli
Somatic coaching has emerged as a powerful modality that integrates the wisdom of the body… Read More
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This is the starting point of a transformative journey for coaches, teams, and organisations who want to evolve to thrive.
Only those who start a journey are able to grow, because perspectives and horizons change along the way. Behaviours and relationships change. What happens around us as well as inside us will be different.
2024-02-07 17:27
How to become a mindfulness coach and why?
By Lucia Baldelli and Maria Chietera
Mindfulness coaching stands as a transformative force in the field of personal development, bridging the… Read More
2024-02-07 11:52
The chime of an incoming Zoom call echoed through my coaching space, and as I accepted the connection, Jim’s face appeared on the screen, a canvas of hurried movements and turbulent em… Read More
2024-01-23 12:41
Are you a coach or a leader and find it challenging to find moments of calm in the rush of your busy life?
Well, I often felt I didn’t even have time for it! However, incorpor… Read More
2024-01-16 14:47
Mindfulness is a popular term nowadays, and it seems like everyone is talking about it. But what does it really mean?
One of my favourite ways to explain mindfulness is by borrowing words… Read More
2024-01-11 12:56
Preparing for the new ICF Credentialing Exam and differences with the old ICF CKA
By Lucia Baldelli
Having an ICF certification adds credibility to your practice, proving that you have… Read More
2023-12-19 11:36
I often wondered if I was being authentic enough in the coaching room…
Authenticity is yet another quality I needed to develop in my private life, before I could be genuine and tra… Read More
2023-12-15 11:47
From ACTP and ACSTH to the ICF Updated Coaching Credential Application Paths
By Lucia Baldelli
If you are a coach embarking on the journey of ICF coaching credentials, you might find i… Read More
2023-12-15 09:51
How authentic are you showing up?
I had the opportunity to reflect on authenticity years ago when I was just starting out in coaching. As part of my natural personality, I wanted to… Read More
2023-12-13 08:07
“Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who’s looking back at you. And you can only do that if y… Read More
2023-12-12 21:13
As a coach working with teams, I have often seen people struggling to be authentic in group settings. I was often asked about one introverted team in particular if working with them was toug… Read More
2023-12-07 11:38
Working as an Agile Coach and focusing on actions and ways of working has been great… until I found out how transformative deeper conversations can be!
Here are five ideas to enabl… Read More
2023-12-01 11:02
I had the opportunity to reflect on this picture just now during a session with a supervisee.
When it comes to depth in conversations and in relationships, the metaphor of the iceberg res… Read More
2023-11-28 14:17
I was once working with two teams in a company, whose leaders were in conflict. They were going through a lot of change and asked for my help to clarify roles, and responsibilities to… Read More
2023-11-15 17:31
The Top Coaching Books for 2023 and 2024 To Make You a Better Coach
Starting out in the world of coaching can be as thrilling as it is daunting. Whether you’re fine-tuning your prac… Read More
2023-11-14 23:58
by Lucia Baldelli
As an Executive and Team Coach, my desire to genuinely support people or their explicit requests for help have pushed me close to being their rescuer – something w… Read More
2023-11-12 16:25
Have you ever struggled to empathise with your client?
Here is another story about a time when I could not empathise at all…I could not offer meaningful support and I damaged the r… Read More
2023-11-08 22:38
Have you ever experienced too much empathy?
How did you handle it?
What are your strategy to stay at the right distance from your client’s emotions?
Here is a story from ou… Read More
2023-11-08 22:38
Curious about exploring how to move from ‘doing coaching’ to ‘being a coach’?
We are starting an exploration that is designed for you!
Here is an intro from our… Read More
2023-11-08 19:34
Are you a coach, a leader, a mentor or a supervisor?
Are you working to help people struggling or experiencing strong emotions?
Absorbing them and making them our own might happen&hell&hell…Read More
2023-11-01 19:47
by Lucia Baldelli
The importance of empathy in the helping profession has been known for a long time now. Back in a 1957 paper published by the Journal of Consulting Psychology, psycholog… Read More
2023-10-25 17:13
Pros and Cons of Internal versus External Coaching for an Organisation
By Lucia Baldelli
Internal or external coach? This has been an incredible dilemma for me. And it took me… Read More
2023-10-17 20:10
One of my worst nightmares in coaching? I have been in situations when I was tempted to offer input, even if it is against my role as a coach… I had to battle my strong desire to… Read More
2023-10-11 19:17
As coaches, we often have to juggle a myriad of different scenarios when supporting our clients and, even within the same encounter, we need to shift and leverage different styles or techniq… Read More
2023-10-10 20:30
My client, a business founder, joined our call and fell into a full deep sobbing cry.I was used to her being a bit emotional, but this time she just could not stop.
I started to feel… Read More
2023-09-25 11:27
The Biggest Challenges of Coaching and Mentoring and How to Overcome Them
by Lucia Baldelli
Have you heard your mentor coach or another coach say ‘this is something you will face… Read More
2023-07-26 16:08
By Lucia Baldelli
At the heart of coaching lies a deeply human encounter, a partnership between two people that serves as a catalyst for progress. This profound relationship requires us b… Read More
2023-07-06 21:01
Converting Your Clients Using a Coaching Discovery Session
By Lucia Baldelli
Discovery sessions are our first opportunity to connect to a potential client that is interested in working… Read More
2023-06-16 16:20
How to Establish a Successful Coaching Relationship
By Lucia Baldelli
Coaching is a relationship between two people in service of one of the two. Even though it is a paid service, both… Read More
2023-05-26 16:17
ICF Core Competencies: Coaching Presence
By Lucia Baldelli
The concept of having a coaching presence is important for several reasons. A good presence assures the client that tru… Read More
2023-05-18 11:42
Key Elements of Effective Coaching
By Lucia Baldelli, MCC
In my career as an Enterprise Coach, I have often coached leaders with a high status. Quite soon I came to the conclusion that… Read More
2023-04-23 16:44
By Lucia Baldelli
Ending a coaching conversation is not easy for different reasons. Coaches might want to do more and more to make sure the conversation is successful. Clients might w… Read More
2023-04-03 10:58
By Karen L Bruns
How to Build Trust as a Coach
Coaches have a responsibility to build trust and create a safe environment where the client feels secure enough to share and be ope… Read More
2023-03-30 14:35
The Key to Designing Actions in Coaching
By Lucia Baldelli, MCC
Designing Actions is the ability to generate opportunities for ongoing learning in partnership with the client. It focus… Read More
2023-03-02 13:50
How Can Coaches Create Awareness For Coaching Clients?
By Chester Jackson
Without new awareness, we can get stuck due to our own constrained thinking of our beliefs about ourselves, ot… Read More
2023-02-01 22:31
How to Use Silence in Coaching
Not everyone is comfortable with silence. Some feel the urge to break it. Others do not make pauses during a conversation and jump in before the other perso… Read More
2023-01-17 09:51
How to Build and Develop Curiosity in Coaching
The role of the coach is to listen, ask questions, and to help the client reach their objectives. To be successful, the coach must be ab… Read More
2023-01-09 12:24
Coaching Check-In: Questions, Examples and Why is It Important
Learning to check-in is a turning point in the growth of a professional coach. It is about making sure we are heading in the… Read More
2022-12-19 15:39
Challenges and Steps to Developing a Coaching Mentality
By Chester Jackson and Raquel Silva
In this article, we will talk about the definition of a Coaching Mindset and how you embody… Read More
2022-12-01 17:56
Understanding ICF Core Competencies: Communicating Effectively – Direct Communication
By Karen L Bruns
While asking powerful questions and curiosity are core skills in coachi… Read More
2022-11-22 09:52
What Should the ICF Coaching Agreement Include and What is Its Role?
by Lucia Baldelli
Establishing the coaching agreement is about creating the foundations of a productive and effecti… Read More
2022-11-03 10:12
Benefits of Group Coaching and One-to-One Coaching and How to Decide Which Style to Use
By Lucia Baldelli and Roni Givati
Coaching can support organisations and individuals in differen… Read More
2022-10-15 08:18
How to Coach with Emotional Intelligence
by Raquel Silva
When it comes to coaching, Emotional Intelligence is essential. When both parties have a high degree of self-awareness and self… Read More
2022-10-04 17:48
By Chester Jackson
Coaching is a great way to help others gain new insights and move forward. Coaches are there to help provide the space for this forward progress. We help them… Read More
2022-09-18 18:37
How to Coach Successfully Using Reflective Inquiry: Examples, Questions and Levels of Inquiry
By Karen L. Bruns
Throughout history, reflective inquiry has made a few different appearan… Read More
2022-09-02 15:32
Definition of Coaching: Understanding What Coaching is and What it is Not
by Lucia Baldelli
Despite the popularity of professional coaching and the high demand of coaching services for… Read More
2022-08-26 10:17
How to Apply the Three Levels of Listening to Coaching
By Karen L. Bruns
Being able to use active listening skills in our day-to-day communication or in the social connections we make… Read More
2022-06-30 16:10
David Clutterback and Eve Turner conducted a research in 2019 involving about 150 Coaches and their Supervisors. The research proved that about half of the issues brought by Business Coaches… Read More
2022-06-25 19:16
CTC is for Agile Coaches who make an impact at team level, work with multiple teams at the same time and whose experience spans across multiple functional areas of the business. This learnin… Read More
2022-06-15 14:18
In the last post of this series, we shared some reflections about what will change in your relationships and in the way you interact with people around you – not just your clients, but… Read More
2022-06-10 13:42
In the first post of this series, we introduced the personal transformation you will experience after you embark in a coaching journey. Specifically we talked about what will change when you… Read More
2022-06-03 11:24
A few years ago, I started professional coaching education training because I wanted to become a better coach and serve my clients in the best way possible. It was just the first step of a j… Read More
2022-05-31 15:10
As coaches we are invited to share what we notice about our client during a coaching relationship: observations and intuitions have the potential to create new learning and can be really pow… Read More
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