I am loving having a new boss! Su has been encouraging me to clear out my electronic files and I found this which I wrote about 5 years ago and never used. So here it is!
I have just finished some mentor coaching with a great coach. In our final conversation, she asked me: ‘If you had an hour to share your top tips for mastery’ what would you be sharing? So here’s what’s true for me:
- Mastery is more about formation of me as a human and as a coach than it is about information
- Tone matters – stay in your authority with a light touch
- Be willing to be wrong
- It takes constant practice to be challenging without judgement – notice don’t diagnose
- Say less!
- Never apologise – it interrupts flow and if everything is asked as a question it doesn’t matter if it’s wrong
- Use your body
- Listen to your body as well as your brain
- Don’t work too hard – in conversations and at work!
- The lightest touch has the greatest impact
I’m delighted to say that I still agree with what I wrote then, although I don’t like the word mastery any more – this is about how we need to be so that we can have the best conversations we can have.
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