For many years, I’ve studied leadership, learning, and coaching. Along the way, I’ve realized that while coaching has become increasingly common, understanding how it works is often less clear.

I wrote “What Is (Leadership) Coaching?” to help people better understand coaching, the learning process at the heart of it, and the impact it has on individuals and organizations.

The article explores the roots of coaching (which may surprise you), the research behind it, the coaching process itself, and why it creates meaningful and lasting change for leaders and organizations.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.:)

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Instead of asking, “What should I do?”

Ask yourself, “Who do I want to be?”

This question anchors us in our values, purpose, leadership identity, and intention, shaping not only what we do, but how we lead.

Then notice what changes: in you, in those around you, and in what you create.♾️

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Every day, leaders have experiences.

-Hard conversations.
-Decisions that didn’t go as planned.
-Conflicts.
-Successes. 🙂

It’s when we pause to reflect on our experiences, question our interpretations, challenge our thinking, consider new perspectives, and build new awareness that our experiences become learning.

Learning expands how we think.

And how we think shapes how we lead.

Experience alone doesn’t develop wisdom it’s reflecting, challenging, and seeing differently that does.

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Last week, I earned my PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I’ve been accredited through the ICF since completing my coach training in 2015, and earning my PCC has been on my list for the past few years.

As I reflect on finally completing it, I realize the question isn’t, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?” The better question is, “What was I doing that took precedence over this important milestone?”

I don’t believe the answer is in the timing. It’s in how I spent those years.

I had the privilege of continuing to learn through graduate school, thousands of coaching conversations, leadership roles, volunteer work, entrepreneurship, parenthood, caregiving, and life’s greatest joys… and greatest challenges.

We are shaped by our experiences. Mine have shaped the coach, parent, leader, and person I am today.

The PCC is an important milestone, and I’m grateful to have reached it. It’s also a reminder that who we become rarely comes from one course, one credential, or one moment.

It comes from a commitment to learning, reflecting, growing, and… living.

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