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 […]

The Conversation That You Can't Have

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Lots of conversations are easy and breezy, we chat away, gossiping a little here and there and seldom do we even remember much of what was said. Such are light and shallow conversations. Then there are […]

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 […]

Challenge in 5 Dimensions

~Written by Dr.L.Michael Hall~ As a Professional you can know that we frame the coaching skills in terms of two seemingly contradictory values- compassion and challenge. You also know that an ideal coach, an expert coach, is a person who has developed the skill of […]

Unrecognised Persuasion Techniques

~ Written by Dr.L Michael Hall ~ If there is a constant in the field of persuasion, it is searching for the latest persuasion technique. Having read dozens and dozens of books on persuasion in research and preparation for the book I wrote, Inside-Out Persuasion, […]