What do I do when a coaching session isn’t going anywhere?
It’s minute twenty of a sixty-minute session and all of a sudden I realize that we’re not really talking about anything. There’s this long silence happening, but not one of those good, deep thoughtful silences. It’s like a silence in the midst of a bad first date. I look up at the time again, twenty-one […]
A Simple Guide to Having Your Best Year Ever as a Coach
As you look back on last year you are either bummed, happy, or kind of meh. But that was last year and you’re probably hoping this year will be better. If you’re like me you want this year to be the BEST YEAR EVER. The best way to create this isn’t by making resolutions or […]
Don’t Kill The Baby Chick Of Possibility And Save Your Life Coach Career
The other day in our Facebook group I did a Live where I did a bit of coaching about the Drop with the coaches that showed up and asked questions. And in that process I created a little analogy that I think can help you have better coaching session as soon as you get it. […]
Three Of The Worst Coaching Methods You May Be Doing And Why You Shouldn’t!
(OH, they start in the Drop BTW because #series) You got into coaching because you wanted to help people. On some level this desire was deeply noble. You care about humanity, you care about other people, and you realize that your life means more than moving pixels from one column to another or creating tweets […]
Dangerous Coaches Wanted
Coaching that is 10x better doesn’t happen because you’re paying ten times the attention, or because you’re charging ten times as much, or because you’ve coached ten times the number of clients. A mediocre coach can’t become masterful simply by taking one quality of mastery and doing it ten times as often. But we often […]
A Simple Exercise that Makes You a Better Coach (by making you better at the Drop)
The Drop can seem a bit mysterious sometimes—and I have to admit that from time to time I’m at a loss for words to explain it, teach about it, and help you understand it.
What are the best questions to OPEN YOUR CLIENT UP and find out what they want?
(AKA the Dopest Drop Questions EVERRRRRRR…) Coaches love questions. We collect them. Admire them. DROOOOOOL OVER THEM.
Coaching on the Drop
Toku riffs on and answers questions about the Drop phase of the coaching conversation,
Mastering “The Drop” as a Coach Is Like Mastering Great Sex as a Human
We named the Drop “the Drop” because it’s hard to discern. It’s a little like great meditation or great sex. When it happens, it’s obvious.
You only need to care about the DROP if you want to be a great coach
Most coaches don’t need to worry about the Drop. Not because the Drop doesn’t happen in a coaching conversation. But because the Drop is built in to their model of coaching.