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
How to Coach Towards Agency: Episode 199
Do you struggle to coach disempowered clients? Do you have teammates who often feel like things are happening to them?
In this episode, Elena shares how coaching ways of being, and in particular, coaching agency is the skill a Transformational Coach needs to help their clients feel better and empowered to get their needs met. You’ll learn two approaches to start utilizing this approach in your coaching conversations.
Mentioned on this episode:
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- Coaching agency tool created by Elena
- Episode 43: Coaching Tool: The Spheres of Influence
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- Attend a The Art of Coaching virtual workshop or a The Art of Transformational Coaching in-person workshop with Elena
Reflection questions:
- What have you heard in your coaching conversations lately that indicates a client might be experiencing a lack of agency?
- Coaching toward agency requires a foundational belief that a client doesn’t need to be fixed. To what extent is this a deeply held belief of yours?
- Elena shared multiple ways you might invite clients to explore increasing their agency. Which approaches resonated with you? Is there a way you would like to modify one of these to make it more your own?
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