Making Sound Choices during Coaching Conversations

Renée Barnow and Michelle Kunz

ICF Metro DCOctober 15, 2009

Learning Objectives

• Gain deeper awareness of affect words have on behavior

• Experience effects through demonstrations and exercises via three learning styles

• Have fun

Attention-Clarity-Choice Model

Where our attention goes, energy flows and the brain grows.

Daniel Siegel, MD

Body as Tuning ForkCentering Exercise

Power Words Demo

• To

• With

Power Words Group Exercise

• Intend

• Will

Swing Words and Phrases—Group Exercise 1

• Not Bad

• Pretty Good

Swing Words and Phrases—Group Exercise 2

Apart/A Part Model

• Essential element is space– Visual

• Howcanyoumakemeaningfromthewordswrittensocloselytogetherwithoutspacebetweenthewordsinonelongsentencethatrunstogetherwithoutanyspaceinbetween

– Auditory

Apart/A Part Model—Stuck

– Kinesthetic/Physical/Movement

Apart/A Part Model—Free

– Kinesthetic/Physical/Movement

Contacts and Resources

• Renée Barnow– renee@right-line.com– 202.363.4548

• Michelle Kunz– michelle@pelcoaching.com– 703.272.7542