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
Normalizing Struggles with the Conscious Competence Ladder: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 227
If you are coaching someone who is struggling to learn how to do something new, today’s episode is for you. When growing our skills, the stages of learning are completely predictable, but most people aren't aware of that, and as a result, they can suffer. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to use the Conscious Competence Ladder, a tool created by Noel Burch, to transform how your clients experience growing paints.
Keep learning:
- Join our Learning Library and Transformational Coaching PLC and learn everything you need to know about using the Conscious Competence Ladder with your clients. You’ll also find a video recording of this coaching demonstration and a debrief where Elena shares the thinking behind her coaching moves.
- The First 10 Minutes (tool)
- Read Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching to build your coaching toolkit
- Attend The Art of Transformational Coaching Workshop to grow your coaching skills
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Reflection questions:
- Have you used a “third point” tool in your coaching? If so, what is your experience with it?
- Transformational Coaches always start with themselves. Where are you on the Conscious Competence framework with different elements of your coaching? How does it feel to locate yourself?
- Do you have a client you would like to introduce the Conscious Competence with? How do you anticipate they might respond?
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