by DLCC Coach Brian Yaucher As a life coach, I would define “successful coaching” as a powerful relationship between a coach and client that embodies trust, openness and support through thoughtful...
Something’s Different About You
By DLCC Coach Nancy Turngren As I sit across from my former client “Sally”, I notice a different air about her. When I first met Sally, she described herself as bored, insecure, trapped, and...
The Two Sides of Coaching Success
by Ndidi Yaucher, DLCC Coach I have had the opportunity to experience both sides of a coaching relationship, as a client and as a coach. Based on my experiences, how I define successful coaching is...
Successful Coaching for Leaders
By Mike Touhey, DLCC Coach In my leadership coaching, I frequently focus on the key behaviors that my clients feel are most important to them at that point in their career. These are critical to...
Learn to Define Your Own Success
by DLCC Coach Sharon Barbour What is successful coaching? Great question! It’s a question I ask my clients as we begin our coaching relationship. It sounds like this: Let’s imagine we’ve worked...
The Corporate Side of Questions
by DLCC Coach Mike Touhey One of the most critical responsibilities of a leader is to develop their direct reports and the talent within their organizations. One of the key components of that...
Pro Tips on Thoughtful Questions
We all know if you have a strong physical core, everything is easier. The same is true if you have a strong mental core. The core of Thoughtfully Fit has three steps: pause, think and act. For most...
I’m Sorry, I Didn’t Quite Get That
I can’t tell you how many times I am on a coaching call, ask the client a question, and they say ‘huh! No one has ever asked me that before!’ For all the talking that we do, in general we do not ask...
Well, This Feels Awkward
For a while now, you’ve been hearing me talk about pausing, and thinking before acting. And during that thinking, a lot of what I tell you to do is ask yourself questions. I have been coaching for...
Protecting Your Emotional Energy
by DLCC Coach Brian Yaucher I look at our emotional energy as rechargeable batteries. When we are fully charged we are productive, energetic, happy and engaged with others. But over time if we do...
You Can Have MORE Energy!
Have I convinced you that you need to protect your energy? But is it sounding easier said than done? I’m here to help! This week we talk about how to find the things that bring you joy, and how to...
If You Can’t Change the World, Maybe You Should Just Change Yourself
When I talk with my clients about what in their life needs to change, I cannot tell you how many times the answer is other people! We are all sure that if other people would just go ahead and behave...