ODSC Framework #28 – The Close – Next Steps and Commitments
Are your clients getting lost between sessions, not taking action on what you talked about, and complaining they don’t know what happened? The root of this might be that they don’t know how to create their own container, because they, like most of us, grew up with containers that were forced on us. So how […]
ODSC Framework #27 – The Close – What Is the Close?
Another place you might be “leaving your clients at the altar” is when your Close is not effective… This can lead to frustration for you as the coach, because you don’t seem to be able to help your client achieve Shifts that stick. Your client achieves powerful insights in sessions but doesn’t seem to take […]
Origin Story: How the Dojo Began
We didn’t get bitten by a radioactive spider to create the Dojo, and that’s exactly the point. Because becoming better as a coach isn’t superhuman. The Dojo grew out of our love of coaching, our willingness to ask really simple but challenging questions, and our refusal to give up until we found the answers. If […]
ODSC Framework #26: The Shift – More Than a Shift
One of the most important things you can give to your client is the understanding that it’s not just about a Shift. Sure, these insights can be powerful and important… but insights alone are not enough. As Toku’s Zen Master used to say, “Insight and $2.50 will get you a cup of coffee.” What he […]
ODSC Framework #25: The Shift – What’s Valuable?
Do you find yourself doing really powerful, deep work with your clients, but they’re just not connecting that powerful, deep work to what they consider valuable… which means they don’t end up seeing the value in the work you’re doing together? If you haven’t set the context around value in the Open or the Drop […]
ODSC Framework #24: The Shift – Shifts with Context
Many of you may be successful in creating a single Shift in a session, but then struggle when trying to tie that shift to continuing work. This happens a lot in enrollment conversations, when you’ve had some success in facilitating Shift, but the potential client can’t envision what’s next when working with you: “I’m doing […]
ODSC Framework #23: The Shift – Klaus & Inner Buddha
Just as Toku’s last video described the tension between facilitative coaching and deep coaching, and how to combine both of these together to create Shift, today’s video talks about two different states of your being as a coach, and how the best opportunities from Shift are when we integrate the intuition of our inner selves […]
ODSC Framework #22: The Shift – Facilitation vs. Depth
Facilitative coaching is done around ideas and goals, and is focused on achieving a certain result (the “doing” work). Deep coaching is done around feelings and values and beliefs, and concentrates on states of being (the “being” work). The most transformative coaching requires both: focus on goals and ideas and doing, and focus on being. […]
ODSC Framework #21: The Shift – Using Embodiment
Are your clients experiencing Shift – but only at the level of the head? Are they only experiencing new thoughts or ideas, and missing the truly powerful experiences – the being experiences – that create true and lasting Shifts? In this video, Toku explains the concept of embodiment, lists a bunch of examples, and shows […]
ODSC Framework #20: The Shift – Letting Things Land
Do you feel confident you’re doing great coaching, but maybe clients aren’t hiring you? Or do you feel unsure about how impactful your sessions really are, about whether or not you’re creating powerful shifts for your clients? In the Dojo, often times the Sensei see that the Samurai coaches ARE creating powerful shifts, but they’re […]