A coach’s job isn’t to make the client feel better – it’s to help them see better. Resistance and discomfort often indicate an imminent breakthrough. How you walk your clients through these moments is critical for effective coaching.

In this session, you’ll learn to go deeper into coaching conversations – even if it makes the client uncomfortable. Learn to spot the signs and signals of a potential breakthrough, plus: you’ll take part in an interactive Q&A.

1. What makes it difficult for you to challenge a client’s thinking?
2. Many coaches say they were taught to never make the client uncomfortable, yet disrupting thinking patterns and using reflections that cause clients to accept the gaps in their logic and fear-based beliefs can trigger emotional responses. Do you now see a value in coaching through discomfort? Are there times when this type of coaching can erode confidence and the will to move forward?
3. What skills do you think coaches need to develop to be able to positively challenge a client’s thinking?

What can you do to help clients identify their weaknesses without causing them discomfort? Which questions disrupt constraining thinking patterns? How can we mindfully steer the conversation?

In this demonstration, you’ll see real-time examples of the tools and techniques you can use to disrupt thinking patterns based on assumptions, beliefs and fears. You’ll also see how you can establish a safe space in which the client feels brave enough to share without exacerbating their vulnerability.

1. What the coach needs to listen for to disrupt thinking patterns based on assumptions, beliefs, and fears.
2. How the coach establishes the trust and safety needed to have a positive impact even when it feels uncomfortable.
3. Techniques for the coach to regulate their own emotional reactions during an intense coaching session.