“I would love to take up painting” “I wish I could paint like you” “One day, I will start painting” Ever since I started my painting late 2017, these a just a few wishes that I have heard time and time again, from many well intended folks. I used to wonder, what was so difficult?Continue reading “Planning and Goal Setting”
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Designing Actions
“The point of life is therefore to create – who and what you, and then to experience that” ~ Neale Donald Walsch Source: Conversations with God, Book One My father assigned this reading task for me at the start of the Movement Control Order back in March 2020, and I’ve been contemplating many chapters fromContinue reading “Designing Actions”
Powerful Questions?
I had the privilege of watching John Maxwell speak when I had just started my working career in early 2000, and the most striking moments during the session when he posed questions to the audience that made them think. I remember sitting the hall at PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, in total complete awe, as if heContinue reading “Powerful Questions?”
Listens Actively
Once we get into the crux of a coaching conversation with the client, the next few skills will be pivotal to unravel the insights and bring about the true transformation for the client. In today’s age of distractions and interference, this is one of the most challenging skills to master and practise in our dailyContinue reading “Listens Actively”
Cultivates Trust and Safety
This caught my eye, the change from the previous competency of Establishes Trust and Intimacy to Cultivates Trust and Safety. I felt that the dynamics moved from a more authoritative approach of client-centricity towards a more nurturing and supportive tangent to the coaching process. Perhaps the quote below best illustrates how I see it. “YourContinue reading “Cultivates Trust and Safety”
Establishes and Maintains Agreements
“Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you.” ~ DR. STEPHEN R. COVEY (from Habit 3: Put First Things First) As coaches (and the coachee), we may want to directly jumpContinue reading “Establishes and Maintains Agreements”