Comments on: Maintaining The Coaching Mindset – Exercises For Your Personal and Professional Life http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-you Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:40:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Emily Giuffre http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4239 Emily Giuffre Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:12:44 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4239 wow this was great and I learned alot just from this one post. I have been thinking about incorporating coaching into my business and after reading this I feel good about it :) wow this was great and I learned alot just from this one post. I have been thinking about incorporating coaching into my business and after reading this I feel good about it :)

]]> By: Yorinda Wanner http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4134 Yorinda Wanner Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:32:58 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4134 Thank you, Kendall I love your Air freshner analogy. Keeping a new skill fresh is a good thing to aim for. Much appreciated. Looking forward to your next post. Love and Light from Yorinda Thank you, Kendall

I love your Air freshner analogy.

Keeping a new skill fresh is a good thing to aim for.

Much appreciated.

Looking forward to your next post.

Love and Light
from
Yorinda

]]> By: Lee Wise http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4121 Lee Wise Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4121 After reading your article, Kendall, I continued to reflect on what you had said and wrote down then printed out the following for myself to reflect and act on. Enjoy! Lee Questions Prompt Actions. Six Questions To Consider How can I capitalize on the value of story today? Could I ask others to share their story in any creative way? How can I continue to use and refine the art of asking questions today? How can I increase my “observe people skills” today? How can I continue to develop the “people helping” habit through attentive, caring efforts at problem solving or giving assistance today? How can I practice active listening and being in the moment today? How can I create safe environments for people today? After reading your article, Kendall, I continued to reflect on what you had said and wrote down then printed out the following for myself to reflect and act on.

Enjoy!

Lee

Questions Prompt Actions. Six Questions To Consider

How can I capitalize on the value of story today? Could I ask others to share their story in any creative way?

How can I continue to use and refine the art of asking questions today?

How can I increase my “observe people skills” today?

How can I continue to develop the “people helping” habit through attentive, caring efforts at problem solving or giving assistance today?

How can I practice active listening and being in the moment today?

How can I create safe environments for people today?

]]> By: CoachingCognition http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4120 CoachingCognition Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:07:46 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4120 @Elizabeth - Thank you for such a nice comment! I hope that these exercise ideas help you apply your skills to your life outside of CC as well as within, and that they inspire other ideas, too. @Helen - Your daughter and friend are lucky to have you. Not only are you equipped with the skills to help them in a constructive way, but you have the inner ability and confidence to use your skills with them! What a great example of the coaching process at work :) @Jack- Wow! It is truly inspiring to read about your journey with CC. When we started, we knew that the coaching process would increase quality of life for our students and clients because we trust in this process! But it is an entirely different story to watch it actually happen for real people. And the best part is, look at all the lives you have touched with your ability to listen and ask questions. Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing this, Jack. @Amnon- It takes a truly perceptive person to recognize where you are at the moment, what your strengths are, and where you are ready to begin improving. Hmmm... sounds like the coaching process. :) You will be a great coach, after all, when you can recognize these things for yourself, you will be in a great place to help someone else do the same! @Lee - What a great idea! This would be a wonderful way to organize your thoughts about the ways that people react to you and the experience of having someone focus completely on them! You can learn so much more by writing it down to refer to later on... what worked? what didn't? etc.. Thank you Lee! @Elizabeth – Thank you for such a nice comment! I hope that these exercise ideas help you apply your skills to your life outside of CC as well as within, and that they inspire other ideas, too.

@Helen – Your daughter and friend are lucky to have you. Not only are you equipped with the skills to help them in a constructive way, but you have the inner ability and confidence to use your skills with them! What a great example of the coaching process at work :)

@Jack- Wow! It is truly inspiring to read about your journey with CC. When we started, we knew that the coaching process would increase quality of life for our students and clients because we trust in this process! But it is an entirely different story to watch it actually happen for real people. And the best part is, look at all the lives you have touched with your ability to listen and ask questions. Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing this, Jack.

@Amnon- It takes a truly perceptive person to recognize where you are at the moment, what your strengths are, and where you are ready to begin improving. Hmmm… sounds like the coaching process. :) You will be a great coach, after all, when you can recognize these things for yourself, you will be in a great place to help someone else do the same!

@Lee – What a great idea! This would be a wonderful way to organize your thoughts about the ways that people react to you and the experience of having someone focus completely on them! You can learn so much more by writing it down to refer to later on… what worked? what didn’t? etc.. Thank you Lee!

]]> By: Lee Wise http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4119 Lee Wise Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:56:43 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4119 Kendall, As Elizabeth said...excellent in my opinion: the whole focus on staying active in the art of caring for others while continuing in your own self development quest. One thought that did come to mind was recording short "takeaways" in a journal as you practice. In my way of thinking those might be not all of insights, but short ones you decide to remember for one reason or another. Thanks again. I've copied this to keep and review. Kendall,

As Elizabeth said…excellent in my opinion: the whole focus on staying active in the art of caring for others while continuing in your own self development quest.

One thought that did come to mind was recording short “takeaways” in a journal as you practice. In my way of thinking those might be not all of insights, but short ones you decide to remember for one reason or another.

Thanks again. I’ve copied this to keep and review.

]]> By: Amnon Thaller http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4117 Amnon Thaller Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:54:46 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4117 Like mother like daughter Kendall. Your post is so in place, I loved every word of it. As I wrote your Mom yesterday, handing in my student log, I am looking forward to the next step, enjoying my peers and the safe haven I find there. Never the less, I like to share this: I seem to have mastered the listening ability; being able to put aside thoughts of how I should answer, the erg to complete others sentences, guessing what they meant etc. A fault I was aware of and am glad to correct now. In other words, I do master active listening. Now I have to practice active questions. Like mother like daughter Kendall. Your post is so in place, I loved every word of it. As I wrote your Mom yesterday, handing in my student log, I am looking forward to the next step, enjoying my peers and the safe haven I find there.
Never the less, I like to share this: I seem to have mastered the listening ability; being able to put aside thoughts of how I should answer, the erg to complete others sentences, guessing what they meant etc. A fault I was aware of and am glad to correct now. In other words, I do master active listening. Now I have to practice active questions.

]]> By: Jack Conley http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4115 Jack Conley Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:10:36 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4115 Hey Kendall, Great Post! And oh so True! You know, I have never had the "Gift of Gab" in many social settings. I've never been the "life of the party" (I'm one of those techno-geeks who can spend hours with my nose in technical manuals and be happy as a lark. Or stand in front of thousands of people and give a professional technical presentation without even a hint of "butterflies." I can write technical papers that flow marvelously, or write white papers on the latest technological advances that even management types can understand and enjoy, but that's a whole other story). Once I began the Coaching Cognition course, that all seemed to change for me. And now that I have graduated the basic course, I find myself actively listening to coworkers, managers, customers, and people in my social circles. Not because I'm consciously doing it, I'm not. It seems to have become second-nature to me. I have found that my professional and social relationships have improved immensely! It's simply amazing! I am using more direct, powerful questioning techniques while doing research for projects and programs. The reactions and responses I get from people are completely different than they used to be. I sense they understand my true interest and concern in them and their jobs. They really open up and share their knowledge and emotions more freely than ever before. I could go on & on about the improvements I've seen in myself in communicating and relating to & with other people. The results are beyond anything I expected! But, I must say, the most amazing result of attending Coaching Cognition and learning coaching skills is my new ability to coach someone in an area of their life or business they want to improve. Watching them respond to the powerful questions, find their true values and vision, setting their goals, and guiding them toward an action plan that can really make a difference for them. Helping people through this process and watching them succeed is the greatest reward of all! Hey Kendall, Great Post! And oh so True! You know, I have never had the “Gift of Gab” in many social settings. I’ve never been the “life of the party” (I’m one of those techno-geeks who can spend hours with my nose in technical manuals and be happy as a lark. Or stand in front of thousands of people and give a professional technical presentation without even a hint of “butterflies.” I can write technical papers that flow marvelously, or write white papers on the latest technological advances that even management types can understand and enjoy, but that’s a whole other story).
Once I began the Coaching Cognition course, that all seemed to change for me. And now that I have graduated the basic course, I find myself actively listening to coworkers, managers, customers, and people in my social circles. Not because I’m consciously doing it, I’m not. It seems to have become second-nature to me. I have found that my professional and social relationships have improved immensely! It’s simply amazing! I am using more direct, powerful questioning techniques while doing research for projects and programs. The reactions and responses I get from people are completely different than they used to be. I sense they understand my true interest and concern in them and their jobs. They really open up and share their knowledge and emotions more freely than ever before.
I could go on & on about the improvements I’ve seen in myself in communicating and relating to & with other people. The results are beyond anything I expected!
But, I must say, the most amazing result of attending Coaching Cognition and learning coaching skills is my new ability to coach someone in an area of their life or business they want to improve. Watching them respond to the powerful questions, find their true values and vision, setting their goals, and guiding them toward an action plan that can really make a difference for them. Helping people through this process and watching them succeed is the greatest reward of all!

]]> By: Helen Wenley http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4114 Helen Wenley Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:00:23 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4114 I am lucky that I can practice my coaching everyday - I have a 17 year old daughter. Not only am I teaching and coaching her to drive, but I am (unknown to her) coaching her on life skills too. Plus I have a friend who has just gone thru a messy marital break-up and is trying to get on her feet and create her own business - again another great way for me to practice my coaching skills with lots of active listening and asking powerful questions. I am so grateful that I perservered with the Coaching Cognition course and to have met so many new genuine people through this life-changing experience. I am lucky that I can practice my coaching everyday – I have a 17 year old daughter. Not only am I teaching and coaching her to drive, but I am (unknown to her) coaching her on life skills too. Plus I have a friend who has just gone thru a messy marital break-up and is trying to get on her feet and create her own business – again another great way for me to practice my coaching skills with lots of active listening and asking powerful questions.
I am so grateful that I perservered with the Coaching Cognition course and to have met so many new genuine people through this life-changing experience.

]]> By: Elizabeth Pennington http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/the-new-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-4112 Elizabeth Pennington Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:29:09 +0000 http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/?p=2812#comment-4112 Excellent exercise Kendall. Thank you so much for the tip. Have a great day. Excellent exercise Kendall. Thank you so much for the tip. Have a great day.

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