Creative Solutions

Getting To The Thinking Behind Words

GETTING TO THE THINKING BEHIND THE WORDS ~By Shawn Dwyer and Dr Michael.Hall~ Perhaps the most obvious thing about coaching is that to coach you have to use words. Since coaching is a conversation, you begin a “coaching conversation” by asking a question,”What do you […]

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Civil Conversations

We all know tht NLP is a communication model. It is also a linguistic model and specifically, a neuro-linguistic model-we study how language affects neurology. When you study NLP, you study the Meta-Model and learn how words work to create experiences, emotions, and sense of […]

Shawn Dwyer - Managing Coach - The Coaching Centre

What is a MetaCoach?

What is a MetaCoach A metacoach is a type of coach who specializes in teaching individuals how to coach themselves effectively. This approach is based on the principles of Neuro-Semantics, which is a field of study that focuses on how the brain processes and interprets […]

Unleashing Leadership

Coaching Blind Spots

~by Michael.Hall~ “In life, the person with the fewest blind spots win.” Farnam Street, The Great Mental Model “To know that we know what we know and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge” Confusius As a Meta-Coach, […]

Cognitive Distortions

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS AMONG PROTESTORS ~ Article by DrL.Michael Hall and Shawn Dwyer ~ For anyone who wants to protest something, if you want to truly win minds and hearts and bring change to a system, a community, or an organization- you’re going to have to use your […]

Seven Distinctions Of A Professional Communicator

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ While many people don’t seem to know what NLP is, the answer actually is very simple.  Most essentially NLP is a Communication Model and, Neuro-Semantics, as a development within NLP for higher quality and professionalism, is most essentially an […]

MODELLING AS AN ASPECT OF COACHING

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ Modelling to get to first base? What is it that you’re attempting to do when you work with a client? Think for a moment how you would answer that question… Okay, here is mine. First […]

Short Term Thinking

Thinking is in Short Supply #4 by L.Michael Hall PhD Short Term Thinking – Another Thinking Disability I’ve been writing about why real thinking is in short supply and the various factors that actually stop thinking. Here’s another. Regarding a central time factor that’s involved […]

Name Calling Shuts Down Healthy Thinking

Primitive Thinking that Shuts Thinking Down All politicians all do it. At least, I can’t think of a single politician who doesn’t do it. Yet in name-calling, they are actually practicing a very primitive form of thinking. Rather it is one that is appropriate for […]

Power Conversations

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Like sex, money, and religion- power is both highly desired and greatly feared and even more, difficult to talk about. Yet we must. Power is everywhere in life, ever-present, and inescapable. But how can we have […]

Unpacking The Depth Of Coaching Conversations

~Written by Michael Hall~ Unpacking The Depth And Finding The Critical Things In A Coaching Conversation If you start from the idea that hidden inside of your client’s statement are much deeper references, then you will more likely to slow the coaching conversation down and […]

True Challenge and Pseudo-Challenge

Article Written by Dr.L Michael Hall. Can you use a real and true challenge in your communication? There is the skill of challenging and there are a large range of things that can challenge a person. There are also many things that you could call […]

Receiving Feedback

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Ken Blanchard • Do you receive personal and informal feedback like a pro? • How does a professional receive feedback that shaped their skills into expertise? Almost no one has been trained in taking feedback effectively. So most of […]

Giving Feedback

Is Feedback On The Daily Menu? Feedback works like a mirror – it mirrors back what and how we are doing Giving Quality Feedback While we call feedback “the breakfast of champions”, most of us do not include it on our daily menu. While we […]