MORE ABOUT SLIPPERY CONVERSATIONS

After the article last week, The Trickiest Coaching Conversation (#46), Kate Rafter [[email protected]], a Meta-Coach in Sydney Australia wrote and describes a coaching conversation that she recently had with a client that related to that article.

“When I began a coaching session the other night my client said she wanted 'a calm, knowing that she'll be okay when doing exams'. Argh! I knew straight away that was a slippery one! I questioned for clarity as I tried to get a more concrete outcome. Also asked about the 'differences', unable to get something down to earth to work with. She wanted belief in her ability, state management, beliefs about 'handling it' and the like. I thought we weren't getting a concrete, specific KPI and I didn't know how to direct my questions there.