Highly successful people tend to be excellent listeners.

On the other hand, people who struggle in life tend to be so wrapped up in their own 'story' they can't really
hear what is available for them.

Effective listeners have developed the ability to temporarily let go of their history, beliefs,assumptions, expectations, wants, needs, and desires in order to be open to new information and ideas. They, of course, don't change their opinions just because some new data shows up, but they are open to receiving it.
Listening is an important attribute of being open.

Their model is listen, receive, evaluate, move forward.

But people who must have their present and future be a certain way take those needs into every conversation. You know what it's like to talk with someone who's 'mind is already made up.' They are not effective listeners. And you have probably found them to be not very happy, satisfied, comfortable with life, nor fun to be around.

Coaching Point: What can you do to temporarily let ...

"Le Métier du Coach" by François DELIVRE

for learning:

Peter Senge "The Fifth Discipline" and I believe that he has written a fieldbook too based on this;

Any others that you would recommend as essential reading

Chris

http://www.active-consultants.cc

My English coachee tells me he sees no reason why I should not go on coaching in english but honestly it has been an ordeal. whatever your level your second language is poorer and what is more cultural differences do interfere in the process.
Still i have found this experience a wonderful way to take a new step towards a complete integration of this job, making it compulsory for the coach to brain gym while focusing on his coachee's mind.
I did not want to translate any protocols from french to english, so i bought two books which i recommend: Coaching at work tool kit and the coaching manual.
It has helped me helping my client and keeping up with a reasonable level of english.

So that's that, I happen to have coached an english person in his mother tongue and it worked quite well but this is not the point I know some companies which hire English coaches for their French executives. Does it make sense to go down that road?
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