Mr. Paredes's Key Ideas from Co-Active Coaching
by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, Laura Whitworth

A safe and nurturing environment is essential for effective coaching. Ensuring confidentiality, trust, and honesty allows clients to take risks and explore new possibilities.

• Foster confidentiality, trust, honesty, and spaciousness.
• Encourage clients to take risks in a safe space.
• Set clear terms for the coaching relationship from the start.

Deep listening involves understanding the words, emotions, and intentions behind them. This practice allows coaches to connect with clients on a profound level.

• Practice three levels of listening: self-focused, client-focused, and intuitive.
• Understand the meaning behind your client's words and emotions.
• Use empathy to connect deeply with the client's experiences.

Trusting your intuition as a coach can lead to powerful insights and breakthroughs. Acting on gut feelings can uncover hidden issues and guide meaningful conversations.

• Use intuition to guide deeper conversations and uncover hidden issues.
• Interpret and act on your gut feelings to enhance the coaching process.
• Intuition can create dramatic shortcuts in understanding.

Curiosity drives meaningful conversations and deeper connections. Coaches can help clients explore new perspectives by asking powerful, curiosity-driven questions.

• Ask powerful, curiosity-driven questions to spark meaningful conversations.
• Simple questions can often yield profound insights.
• Curiosity encourages clients to let down their guard and open up.

Understanding and articulating values is key to finding fulfillment. Coaches help clients identify their core values, guiding their choices and actions.

• Help clients identify their core values to guide their choices and fulfillment.
• Use values as a litmus test for important decisions.
• Fulfillment is achieved by living in tune with one's values.

Practice Curiosity:

• Spend half an hour at a coffee shop observing people.
• Imagine their values, hobbies, obstacles, and dreams.
• Engage with someone and ask questions to indulge your curiosity.
• Reflect on their responses and what you've learned.

By embracing co-active coaching principles, you can empower your clients to discover their true selves and make choices that align with their values, leading to a more fulfilling life.