POSTED BY REBECCA DORSEY SOK, MA, PCC, AND ANDREW SHAFFER, MCCLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USAWith arms folded and their gaze down, one person quietly controls the tension in the room. Recognizing we may be stuck before we start, I grab...

POSTED BY ANDREW SHAFFER, MCC, AND REBECCA DORSEY SOK, MA, PCC At our second session, I ask my client what she wants to work on. She shifts uncomfortably in her chair, with an audible, “Huh?” Sensing she wants me to...

Prior to a coaching engagement, no amount of conversation about personal boundaries can prepare us for the moments when they’re unexpectedly pushed. However, we can be ready to seize on the learning opportunities that they present to us. The...

In mythic storytelling, the event that catapults the hero out of their normal world and into the story is called the inciting incident. It disrupts the hero’s life, throws them into the unknown, and “incites” action. It occurs early...