Go From Ordinary to Extraordinary

      

By Dave Kenney & Susan Kenney

Go From Ordinary to Extraordinary   Unlock Your Coaching Superpowers   Knowing your strengths and challenges (even Superman had his Kryptonite) will have you better positioned to lead others in an inspiring way—creating deep meaning for both you and your clients. Understanding how to harness your coaching superpower allows you to inspire your clients to restore their health, reignite their drive, and reclaim their life. Coaching superpowers refer to effective coaches' essential skills and abilities to support and guide individuals or teams toward their goals. These superpowers are the foundation of successful coaching relationships. They can significantly impact the coach's ability to facilitate growth and development. Knowing your coaching strengths (and weaknesses) will only serve you to better serve the people you attract.  Here are some of the basics of coaching superpowers: 1.    Active Listening: Listening attentively and thoroughly understanding what the coachee is expressing. Active listening involves being present, maintaining eye contact, and demonstrating empathy. It helps coaches gain insight into the coachee's perspective and build rapport. 2.    Powerful Questioning: Asking thought-provoking and insightful questions to encourage reflection, explore possibilities, and deepen understanding. Powerful questions challenge assumptions, stimulate creativity, and help coachees gain new perspectives on their challenges or goals. 3.    Feedback and Feedforward: Providing constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement based on observation and assessment. Effective coaches deliver feedback in a supportive and non-judgmental manner, focusing on specific behaviors and their impact. They also help coachees create action plans for moving forward (feedforward). 4.    Goal Setting and Action Planning: Assisting coachees in setting clear and meaningful goals that align with their values and aspirations. Coaches help break down goals into actionable steps and support coachees in creating robust action plans to achieve them. They hold coachees accountable for their commitments. 5.    Emotional Intelligence: Understanding and managing one's emotions and effectively recognizing and empathizing with the emotions of others. Coaches with high emotional intelligence can create a safe and trusting space for coachees, demonstrate empathy, and adapt their coaching approach to meet individual needs. 6.    Rapport Building: Establishing a solid and trusting relationship with coachees. Coaches with rapport-building skills create a comfortable environment where coachees feel respected, understood, and supported. They can build rapport through active listening, empathy, genuine curiosity, and effective communication. 7.    Presence and Awareness: Being fully present and attuned to the coachee's needs, thoughts, and emotions. Coaches with a strong presence and self-awareness can recognize their own biases and limitations, manage distractions, and stay focused on the coachee's agenda. 8.    Appreciative Inquiry: Adopting a positive and strengths-based approach to coaching. Appreciative inquiry involves recognizing and building on coachees' strengths, successes, and positive experiences. Coaches help coachees identify their strengths, leverage them, and cultivate a growth mindset. 9.    Flexibility and Adaptability: Adapting coaching techniques and strategies to meet coachees' unique needs and preferences. Effective coaches can flex their coaching style, tools, and interventions to suit different individuals, situations, and contexts. 10.    Ethical and Professional Practice: Demonstrating integrity, confidentiality, and ethical conduct throughout the coaching relationship. Coaches uphold professional standards, boundaries, and codes of ethics to ensure the well-being and best interests of the coachee. These are just a few examples of coaching superpowers. Successful coaches continuously develop and refine their skills through training, practice, and feedback, aiming to create transformative experiences for their coachees. So what are your coaching superpowers? Or maybe more importantly, what is your coaching kryptonite? We have invested heavily in creating a Coaching Superpower Quiz to help you identify your gifts and, yes, your Kryptonite. This quiz was created from the realm of positive psychology, which is a strengths-based approach to thriving. We offer this to you free. Click here to identify your Coaching Superpower:  https://quiz.emergoacademy.com/sf/886fc2f0 Dave Kenney & Susan Kenney Emergo Academy, Co-Founders