Creating Connection with Clients for Better Results
Life, Mastered with Molly Claire · Molly Claire
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Show Notes
There is a direct link between the comfort and confidence a client has in a coach and that client’s progress. This means the connection you’re able to create can be the best indicator of their success. I love how Brené Brown describes connection. She says, “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”
As coaches, we’re in a unique position. We love, we support, we value. We listen, we provide judgement-free space, and we offer guidance -- all without expecting nor needing anything back. This gives us the core to nurture a connection in which we can offer something truly amazing to our clients.
What You’ll Learn How to Connect with Your Client’s Emotions- Listen, identify, and reflect without unintentionally removing hope
- Relate personal experience without projecting into the situation
- Empathizing without adding or taking away
How to Understand Why a Client Feels As They Do
- Identifying and understanding pain points
- Understanding gaps between where they are now and where they want to be.
- (Bonus: This is also how you sell them on working with you.)
- Clarifying the why behind what they want, and the feelings they hope to have when they get it
How to Help Your Client Envision Possibilities
- Believing in a better future for them before they can see it
- Opening up imagination and new perspective
- Helping bridge gaps by drawing out correlations and watering seeds of hope
Contact Info and Recommended Resources
The Coaching Collective: thecoachingcollective.com/
Work with Molly! mollyclaire.com/coaching