Linda Anderson MCC is an expert in the area of ADHD coaching. On her Moore Master Coaching call last month she first demonstrated a "real world" coaching session with someone she'd never met and who had never been coached before. After debriefing she then expanded our understanding of the ADHD brain and gave us wonderful tips on how to work with clients who are or have ADHD tendencies.

Here are some of the participant take-aways:

• I really like when Linda asked Christina to be an “objective observer” of her thinking
• I really liked the idea of containment - what are the boundaries I need to hold to for the container I provide for my clients?
• I appreciated when she talked about how the ADHD brain works, and her normalizing the client, that it’s not who you are, it’s the traits of the brain. And the advice about being kind to yourself. She had a very kind, caring, and supportive demeanor. And she helped the client to visualize what she needs to put into place in order to achieve her goal.
• Working the competencies to maximize impact for clients who have attention span challenges
• Don’t be afraid to step outside the box (move from strict coaching to a bit of education/more pointed questions) to really help the client focus
• I appreciated the suggestion that coaches learn how different brains work. Also, the suggestions about how to phrase a conversation regarding a potential referral.
• To continue to get better at drilling down--assisting a client to name what’s wanted by the end of the session.
• Linda’s sense of calm and her slow pace with pauses was wonderful to experience. As a coach I sometimes end up mimicking the frenzy and excitement of my ADHD client, so it was good to hear how she set the tone of consistent tranquility. Especially with teenage clients, I don’t want to bore them. It’s good to hear that you can be calm yet not boring.

Click here to read more about the call - under the "ADHD" tab.

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Linda is our guest master coach this month! We will hear this leader in the field of ADHD, coaching a client she has never met and who's experiencing procrastination to such a level that she's losing business and fears for her reputation.

Linda is giving us 2 special bonuses. One is an additional 20 minutes for extra Q&A! Read more and join us Wednesday 1pm EDT!

Wow! Judy Cohen MSW, CPCC, MCC talked about being deaf and how it's transformed her hearing and listening! She then demonstrated those masterful skills in a coaching session.

Here are some of the participant take-aways:

• My concept of hearing and listening is changed forever. Judy is a tremendous inspiration and has inspired me to explore using all my senses and my other gifts and internal resources. Great call! Thanks.
• Judy’s coaching blew me away. I think she has amazing intuition and was able to figure out the underlying issue very fast. Very transformational session. 
• Listening from the deepest place beyond words yields the big breakthroughs fast!
• Don’t make resistance wrong. Brilliant The more I resist the client’s resistance, the stronger it will become. Meet resistance with curiosity and use it to inform your coaching
• Judy’s ability to listen at a deeper level is inspiring! I love the term “Felt Experience”The beauty of listening with the group mind--listening for the deep felt experience
• Judy’s in depth explanation around using her other senses and trusting in her body (intuition) is a valuable takeway for me that I will continue to practice. Also, how she described knowing when to interrupt a client (clients tone of voice/which part is speaking), was good information for me to practice identifying during my sessions.
• We can’t let our clients;(or our own) stories usurp the power that lies within each of us. This, for me, was the thing that most resonated, along with the deepening of the 3rd level of listening which Judy has truly perfected.
• The power of listening to the energy of the client and then clarifying what the coach has heard.
• Interrupting to bring the client present to their strengths and what they are communicating at a deeper level than words, when they are resisting and focused on the negative.
• Deep coaching that is transformational can happen in 30 minutes or less with a coach that is willing to interrupt and challenge
• Listening from the deepest place beyond words yields the big breakthroughs fast!

If youd like to read more about the call you can do so here. You'll find Judy's call under the Coach's Coach tab.

Want to read more about Judy and her incredible story? 

Your hearing will transform as you take your listening to a whole new level! 

Come learn about true listening from Judy when she discusses it from her perspective of being deaf.

Then witness those skills in action as she coaches a real world session with someone she doesnt know.

There will as always be time for Q&A.

Join us tomorrow Wednesday July 25, 2018  3-4pm EDT.

Can you imagine being in the middle of a sentence and suddenly not being able to hear the words that are coming out of your mouth? Seriously think about it a minute. How intense and frightening! 

Judy Cohen CPCC, MCC had this exact experience of becoming deaf. And miraculously she continued her coaching practice.

“After coaching sessions, clients often asked, “How do you pick up the subtlest of cues when you’re deaf? You can’t hear a thing!” I’d respond, “I’m sorry that you’re not deaf, otherwise you’d hear the way I do.”

Now imagine the lessons she has to share and how it might transform your way of listening.

Read more.

Some of the participant take-aways from the coaching session we heard with Julie Colbrese CPCC, MCC:

• Very powerful witnessing such a major shift in the client when her own stated value early on was later brilliantly applied to a block she was experiencing!
• Great questions that drilled down on clarifying the “goal”
• I really liked her style, slow and clear language, great use of powerful questions, loved her presence, really felt the love and genuine care for the client. 
• This was a pure fulfillment call(CTI terminology)and a good reminder of how the use of values and acknowledgement lights up the client and helps her claim her most powerful self.
• I especially liked the discussion around “difficult” clients during the Q & A.
• I loved her use of the client’s metaphor with the tree example, and how she kept tying that back in through the entire session.
• A reminder of how marketing can be fun if we focus on our gifts as coaches.
• The skillful use of metaphor was very powerful for the client. 
• Use of intuition to decide best approach to proceed when at a crossroads in the coaching, things to factor in to whether to take one path or another

If youd like to read more about the call and additional feedback you can do so here. You'll find Julies call under the Executive tab.

Want to learn more about Julie? 

Leadership Issues, Part 3: Resource Management

by Mickey Parsons Psy.D, MCC, BCC
(MMC guest master coach and blogger)

In the third of four posts looking at the results of a Workplace Coach survey of 109 business leaders about their leadership issues and concerns, we look at the issue of resource management.

See Leadership Issues, Part 1

See Leadership Issues, Part 2

JUGGLING COMPETING PRIORITIES

Asked about resource management, the leaders in our survey said lack of time for competing priorities was by far their greatest challenge.

According to a recent Gallup survey, leaders and managers can spend more than half their time at work on nonproductive tasks. And while all leaders wear multiple hats, it’s important to stay on track with actions that drive the enterprise forward. That’s not to say it’s easy. Here are a few tips:

• delegate everything outside your area of expertise;
• limit multitasking;
• assign a place on your calendar for every important action item;
• when scheduling, bunch similar tasks and action items together (e.g. administrative tasks, strategy sessions, business development), so they don’t distract you from other areas of focus;
• hire a coach to keep you accountable.

Finally, to get a handle on how you’re using your time, I strongly recommend you do a 30-day time study using an app such as ATracker Pro Time Tracker. You’ll be surprised how much of your time is getting sucked up by unproductive tasks.

RESOURCES:

ATRACKER PRO TIME TRACKER – Apple

ATRACKER PRO TIME TRACKER – Android

Mickey Parsons @2018 all rights reserved

Mickey Parsons is founder of The Workplace Coach, where he and his colleagues provide executive coaching services for senior business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs. As an executive leadership coach, Mickey draws on the principles of organizational development and coaching psychology to serve as a catalyst for clients who are ready to excel in their business and/or professional lives. He has coached thousands of leaders, from executives at Fortune 500 companies to local business owners.

Mickey holds a Doctorate of Psychology, with a concentration in industrial and organizational psychology, as well as numerous professional credentials. He serves as Assistant Professor of Coaching Psychology at Life University in Marietta, GA, where he created and teaches in the MS Coaching Psychology track.

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Read about Mickey Parsons coaching demonstration and participant feedback.