Play and Flow
Csikszentmihalyi’s groundbreaking 1975 study revealed that the flow state, where skill meets challenge, extends far beyond play into work, athletics,...
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The Past, Present, and Future Walked into a Bar. It was Tense.
A lighthearted April Fools take on grammar, coaching, and your future self, plus a curated collection of CTEDU’s most popular...
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Blaze New Trails
CTEDU founders John and Amois Williams share how they built Coach Training EDU from scratch, encouraging aspiring coaches to persist...
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Day’s Most Precious Hour
CTEDU founder John Andrew Williams reflects on how coaching entrepreneurship creates the flexibility to be present for life’s most meaningful...
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Listen, Don’t Tell
Discover why listening, not telling, is the most powerful coaching skill. Learn how creating space for client insight leads to...
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How to Set Agendas with an I Don’t Know Client
Learn practical coaching strategies for when clients say “I don’t know” during agenda setting. Four approaches to help clients take...
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Hold the Client’s Agenda
Learn why holding the client’s agenda is an essential ICF core competency and discover three practical strategies for staying fully...
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Setting Reminders Demonstration
Watch a live demonstration of the Setting Reminders coaching tool, a technique that helps clients create new behavioral triggers to...
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The Power In Trusting Your Intuition
Learn how trusting your intuition during coaching sessions can lead to powerful breakthroughs, and why direct communication is one of...
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Make a Metaphor for the Measure of Success
Learn how to use metaphors during agenda setting to help coaching clients understand and define their measure of success in...
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From My Future Self: Make the Most of Your Training
Discover six practical tips from the future self coaching exercise to maximize your coach training experience, from planning ahead to...
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Planning for the Coach Federation’s CKA
Prepare for the ICF Coach Knowledge Assessment with four proven strategies. From reviewing core competencies to leveraging published ICF content,...
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When Your Client Says I Don’t Know Where to Start!
When coaching clients say they do not know where to start, it signals an opportunity. Explore two coaching strategies to...
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How to Become a Confident Life Coach
Build coaching confidence by trusting the process, not yourself. Learn how ICF competencies, coaching formulas, and consistent practice help new...
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3 Keys of Designing Action Steps that You Actually Do
Learn three essential strategies for designing action steps that stick. Move beyond rewards and punishments to create meaningful, sustainable change...
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Thoughts on Chapter 7 of Ken Robinson’s Out of Our Minds
Explore the parallels between the original Renaissance and today’s creative revolution. Discover how coaching bridges description and action in our...
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Thoughts on Chapter 6 of Ken Robinson’s Out of Our Minds
Robinson defines creativity through three lenses: process, originality, and value. At its core, being creative is an act of courage,...
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Chapter 5 of Ken Robinson’s Out of Our Minds
Robinson challenges the dominance of IQ-based intelligence and makes the case for emotional intelligence. Coaching offers an antidote to the...
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Chapter 4 Ken Robinson’s: Out of Our Minds
Robinson’s academic illusion argues that schools overvalue analytic intelligence at the expense of creativity. Coaching offers a path forward for...
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