Coaching Versus Telling

Coaching is the light side of telling. Coaching creates a field of curiosity with an energy of openness. It’s asking questions to elicit discovery and learning. Telling lacks curiosity, assumes that you always know best and results in stifled energy and lack of...

Modeling Versus Evaluating

Modeling is the light side of evaluation. Modeling opens opportunities to communication and experimental learning. This direct experience creates a perspective from the inside out. The active experience of modeling gives the opportunity to acknowledge what worked and...

Honesty versus Manipulation

Honesty, the light side of manipulation. Honest is being in integrity or integrated, which creates an energetic that is able to be sensed by yourself and others.  You are walking your talk, and that stability builds trust. Manipulation feels “squirrely” as...

I Am Grateful

This is an update/repeat of last year’s blog. I’m very grateful that so much of it remains true this year. Several years ago, Cathy and I were conducting a workshop with another trainer, Allison. Whenever we work with someone else, we always ground our energy with a...