MASTERY YOUR LISTENING BLOCKS

What blocks your listening? Given that listening is the platform for coaching and for all professional communications (Reflection #19), then if you are wondering what skill to develop first to become truly effective and professional as a Meta-Coach or Professional Communicator, then search no further. It is listening. The solution to expertise in coaching is to fully give yourself to developing attentive and sacred listening.

This past month I have literally benchmarked dozens and dozens and dozens of coaching sessions (more than 80 sessions!) and the wonderful thing about benchmarking is that it absolutely requires you to listen. To benchmark, you have to really, really listen to what the coach asks and what the client says in response. And you have to listen with such intensely that you have to catch every word, every gesture, every semantic use of speak, every tone, tempo, emphasis, etc. If you want intense practice in listening, try benchmarking! Or even better, volunteer to be on the Assist Team at Coaching Mastery.