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Free coaching tools & techniques
Coaching questions, models, tips & exercises to take your coaching skills to the next level!
30+ coaching questions for structured coaching conversations
Structure your coaching conversations with 30 free coaching questions according to the SHIFT! model:
- Specify your goal
- Honour reality
- Identify obstacles
- Find resources
- Take action
- ! Stay alert
Download them now for free and facilitate a shift in behaviour, mindset, and beliefs!
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The SHIFT! coaching model places extra emphasis on sustainable change during the coaching process. Use these 30 questions to start your coaching conversations or as inspiration!
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The 5G worksheet for sustainable behavioural change!
Do you want to create a sustainable shift? Start here!
- Analyse your thinking, feeling & doing
- Identify triggers in your environment
- Visualise the desired reality
- Stop, breathe & reflect
- Shift towards sustainable change
Create your own reality! Download the worksheet for free now & start your transformation today!
The 5G worksheet is based on the thinking, feeling, doing model. Analyse underlying emotions & thoughts for sustainable behavioural change in yourself or your clients!
60+ coaching questions based on McClelland's iceberg model
Stimulate reflection, awareness, and change at the levels of:
- Behaviour, knowledge, competencies
- Thoughts, beliefs, self-image
- Norms & values
- Drivers & motives
- Identity & personality
Download the free guide now and learn to coach using the iceberg model!
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McClelland's iceberg model provides deeper insight into the invisible factors (beliefs, values, etc.) that drive the visible ones (behaviour, competencies, etc.).
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The 6 logic levels of Bateson
Bateson's pyramid is a coaching model for thinking, learning, and change! Includes:
- Explanation and exercises at each level
- Reflection model based on the logical levels
- 30+ coaching questions
- 6+ coaching exercises
Ensure sustainable change from environment and behavior to beliefs and identity!
Bateson's pyramid distinguishes 6 logical levels where change occurs. Reflect individually or with your coachee using the accompanying coaching questions and exercises!
Becoming a Coach Starter Guide
Everything you need to know to become a professional and certified coach!
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Become a Certified Coach with the Ultimate Coaching Starter Guide!
Are you aspiring to become a coach? Or are you already a coach looking to deepen your expertise in the art of coaching? In our starter guide, we answer all the questions for beginners and growing coaches!
- What is coaching?
- The difference between coaching and...
- How do I become a coach?
- Core coaching competencies
- Professional organizations for coaches
- Which trainings to become a certified coach
- The certification process by ICF
- Working as a coach: freelancers, part-timers, in the workplace
- Coaching tools for beginners
- Tips for choosing the best training!
Coaching is a craft. Learn the do's and don'ts of coaching from our experience as ICF Master Coaches with over 10,000 hours of experience coaching more than 250 coachees!
Discover Your Learning Needs with a Free Quick Scan!
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Develop your coaching skills with practical tips & infographics!
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8 Core Coaching Competencies (ICF)
As a coach, you create a safe environment for others' growth. What skills does a coach need for this?
- Professionalism & ethical code as a coach
- Coaching mindset & attitude
- Active listening & presence
- Facilitating awareness & personal development
Download the infographic for free & define your personal strengths and areas for improvement as a coach!
Building a professional coaching relationship depends on the coaching skills you possess. Can you help others gain more insight? Do you establish clear agreements in the coaching process?
11 Conversation Techniques for 6 Practical Scenarios
Conversation techniques help optimize your attitude and approach during a conversation towards your end goals. For example:
- Handling resistance
- Respectful confrontation
- Generating motivation
- Building trust
Each scenario requires a different approach. Some rely on powerful questions, while others focus on non-verbal behavior.
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Download for free and discover 11 conversation techniques that you can apply in more than 6 different scenarios. Explore coaching tools to safely bring assumptions into the conversation and more!
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Coaching Tips from Over 5000 Conversations
While coaching tools provide direction and structure to the coaching process, they remain just one tool in the arsenal of a professional coach. What truly makes the difference? How crucial are the foundational coaching skills and mindset?
What pitfalls should you avoid as a beginner coach? As Master coaches with extensive experience to draw upon, we've compiled our top 10 tips into one infographic!
Discover 10 tips that make a difference as a coach! How do you ensure more engagement throughout a coaching process? Why shouldn't you try to be the perfect coach? How do you handle a coachee who shuts down?
Tips & pitfalls when drafting the coaching agreement & action plan
The coaching agreement and action plan are perhaps the two most important tools in the coaching process. However, mistakes can sometimes jeopardize professionalism and client relationships.
- How do you remain neutral as a coach?
- How do you measure success?
- How do you align all stakeholders?
Set yourself apart from the first intake conversation with your clients or employees!
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Differentiate yourself as a coach at the start of the coaching process! Discover how clear goals, agreements, and follow-ups lead to a stronger trust relationship with your coachees!
Coaching methods & models
Accelerate your personal SHIFT! with well-known coaching models & principles!
David Kolb's Learning Cycle
In this coaching model, David Kolb defines 4 learning styles within a learning cycle. Despite personal preferences, everyone goes through all phases of the cycle. Coaching exercises help to increase awareness in this process.
Single, double & triple loop learning
Behavior change occurs at 3 levels: competencies, beliefs, and identity. Learning loops are a form of feedback cycle where you adjust behavior based on results.
The Logic Levels of Bateson
Behind our behavior lies a series of invisible experiences, beliefs, values, ... This model facilitates a powerful coaching exercise that encourages self-reflection, introspection, and awareness!