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?

It takes courage to help clients recognize their own blind spots. It can be uncomfortable for both coach and client to bring their fears and weaknesses to the forefront. However, there is real value in identifying those components.

In this session, you’ll explore how the brain limits possibilities. Gain skills for establishing trust and safety, so you can share reflections and ask questions that disrupt constraining thinking patterns – opening new perspectives and choices.

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.