Relationships of Service | by Aileen Gibb, MMC I’ve heard it said in coaching circles that as coaches we don’t need to like our clients but we must be able to love them. I hear this as a distinction between creating a pleasing relationship versus an active relationship in which we truly serve each other.
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“Let the conversation change you” by Aileen Gibb It goes without saying that a great coaching conversation is one that results in some degree of change – whether it be an action, an insight or a full-blown transformation (yes those do happen) — something is different as a result of the conversation. There has been
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Hedging for Support. My inspiration for this article comes from an afternoon spent trimming a three-hundred-yard long hedge and picking up all the extraneous branches that were removed (ok – my husband did most of it) in order to allow the hedge to thrive and be at its best. It gave me a new perspective
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Short and to the point, here are three techniques I might use to expand a client’s awareness: In her book ON LOOKING, Alexandra Horowitz is aware of how ‘blind’ she has become in her habituated daily walk around her block in New York. She invites eleven experts to each accompany her on her walk so
Right Intention. Right Action. by Aileen Gibb, MMC As I write this piece today I find myself intrigued by the relationship between intentionality and action. Without action, intentionality is orphaned to the world of make-believe. Now that’s a powerful thought, sitting as I am today with what I delude myself into believing are good intentions
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