EVA MANOLE

In the midst of a high-stress situation, many Executives fall into the reactive thinking-action patterns. As a result, many people turn to a third person in the hopes of lowering their anxiety and be able to carry on with their work. But as Mary Beth describes, "More often, reliance on a third person prolongs the unresolved situation." The result is that rather than dealing with the source of the stress, many try to pass on their anxiety to others and can distract the leade

The consideration that neural maps are so nimble and malleable is important for how we approach our clients as coaches. Symbolism and abstraction can work more effectively than direct questioning. In this sense, the coach taps into patterns and in-roads that are available to the subconscious. Habits are near impossible to change. However, adding-on new ones is highly possible far into old age. The Buddhist notion of where attention goes energy flows could not be more true whe

Our job as coaches is to support the coachee declare their "Impossible Future" and then take them through an incredible journey of new discovery. "masterful coaching is about intervening in people’s context so as to produce alternation in who they are being" (Hargrove 2008). Learning models and loop theory support a non-directive coach approach. Learning that is internally motivated is more likely to compel change, instead of temporarily changing actions to comply with extern