The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
It’s possible for every coaching conversation to build connection and spark change, and Elena Aguilar will show you how. Elena Aguilar is one of education’s leading voices on coaching. Educators around the globe use her research-based coaching method to transform their organizations. Her company, Bright Morning, brings the ideas in her best-selling books to life by providing world-class professional development to mission-driven leaders. In The Bright Morning Podcast, Elena teaches you how to make every conversation count by demonstrating Transformational Coaching conversations. Every episode tackles a pressing coaching challenge. Resistance. Racism. Burnout. Overwhelm. Struggling new teachers. You’ll find it all here. If you’re ready to thrive in your work, listen in. New episodes drop every Monday. To learn more about Elena, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and tools she mentions, or join one of her workshops, check out https://brightmorningteam.com.
The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
Ep 123: Powerful Facilitation Starts and Ends With You
If you want to lead transformative learning experiences, you must tend to your own transformation. In this episode, Elena dives into one of the 7 habits that transform professional development: knowing yourself as a facilitator.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The PD Book
- Pre-Order Special Offer: including free mini-workshops with Elena and Lori! Learn more at brightmorningteam.com/the-pd-book-pre-order-bonus/
- The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)
- Two sets of reflection questions:
- What gets under your skin? What are your triggers?
- What do those triggers have to teach you?
- How can you attend to your sore spots?
- Who do you want to be as a facilitator?
- Why do you want to facilitate it?
- If you were to watch a video of yourself facilitating, what do you hope you’d see?
- What do you hope that people who attend the sessions that you facilitate will say about you years later?
- How do you want to feel in the moment when you're facilitating?
- What gets under your skin? What are your triggers?
Opportunities for continued learning:
- Read The PD Book (Elena’s newest book, co-written with Lori Cohen)
- Attend Artful Design and Facilitation
- Attend Artful Design and Facilitation Masterclass (retired workshop)
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