SLOWING DOWN YOUR CONVERSATIONS

Most coaching sessions go too fast. They go far, far too fast! And why? Mostly because the coach does not manage the incoming information. Perhaps he does not sort it out to prioritize what’s really important to the client. Perhaps she does not classify the incoming information to let both oneself and the client to know how to categorize things. Perhaps the coach is overwhelmed and doesn’t know what to focus on. Perhaps the coach doesn’t have permission within himself to slow the conversation. There are many possibilities that explain this. Yet that’s really not the important thing.

Now you can tell that the coaching session is going far too fast by your experience as the coach when you feel overwhelmed by too much information and therefore don’t know what to focus on. I have seen coaches get overwhelmed with just four minutes of the conversation. Already they have allowed the client to talk on and on without effective interrupting and already they don’t know what to focus on. Now there are two persons confused and overwhelmed— client and coach!