Bøger af Marcia Reynolds

From a founding member of the coaching movement comes a detailed guide to mastering one of a coach''s toughest skills: thoughtfully reflecting clients'' stated goals and beliefs back to them so they see themselves through new eyes."Coaches rely far too much on asking questions," says Marcia Reynolds. There are several critical aspects of good coaching, and one in particular is often overlooked: the reflective process. Hearing our own words spoken aloud by someone else prompts us to explore if our ideas truly align with our core values and beliefs. It is even more powerful than finding that one magical question. This book will break the reader out of the cult of the powerful question by offering seven essential practices of reflective inquiry: focus on the human, not the problem; summarize what is heard and expressed; notice shifts in emotions; identify underlying beliefs and assumptions; unwrap the desired outcome; keep the conversation on track; and articulate insights and commitments. The utilization of these practices, combined with a respectful and caring presence, helps to create a space where clients feel safe, seen, and valued for who they are, allowing them to naturally dive deeper within.

"A new, highly actionable field guide on breaking through the narratives holding us back from creating the change we want to see in ourselves, from a founding member of the coaching movement. People often resist change, even if it's in their best interest. They live their lives holding onto familiar constructs and fixed personal narratives instead of pursuing their dreams. This is where Breakthrough Coaching comes in. In this book, seasoned coach Marcia Reynolds introduces a coaching method based on psychological safety to help you help others to open up and break down the walls of confusion and fear created by their inherited beliefs and unsupported assumptions. By infusing your everyday conversations with tools and strategies such as: embodying a coaching mindset, learning when to coach the person and not the problem, and turning insights into actionable commitments, you can help open people's minds to become objective observers of their own stories in ways not possible with self-reflection alone. Long-term behavioral change can be tricky and scary. But by adopting the Breakthrough Coaching methods, anyone can become a coach and help others bring meaningful change into their lives"--

Leaders, managers, and mentors are charged with getting people to stretch their limits, but they avoid doing it because of the potential for tension and conflict - and besides, they don't know if it'll result in any lasting change anyway. Top executive coach Marcia Reynolds here offers a technique that enables readers to take their people through "the discomfort zone" with minimal pain and maximum gain. We can't see our own blind spots (hence the name), so the role of the leader is crucial. Reynolds explains how to pick the right time and place to enter the discomfort zone and how to create a "safety bubble" so that people will trust your intentions. Then, drawing on discoveries in neuroscience about how people learn, she shows how to ask the kinds of questions that will short-circuit the brain's defensive mechanisms and habitual thought patterns and help listeners see clearly where they're falling short and how they can do better. She includes a plethora of actual examples from her coaching practice.Reynolds can't make the discomfort zone into a cake walk - leaders still need the courage to enter it. But she offers a path through it that will result in helping others to achieve lasting changes and enduring success.