
The Power of Strategic Silence: Transform Your Coaching Through Intentional Listening with Kymberly Dakin-Neal-Ep.240
About this episode
Discover how to transform your coaching practice through the power of intentional listening with expert Kym Dakin-Neal. From her journey of reluctant coach to trusted advisor for technical leaders, Kym reveals profound insights about creating safety, building trust, and managing stress in client relationships. Learn practical techniques to meet clients where they are, speak their language, and create transformational coaching experiences through the art of strategic silence and presence.
Mentorship: Email [email protected] to set up a call!
Highlights:
- Uncover why mastering different listening styles (head, heart, and hands) can dramatically improve your client connections and results
- Learn a powerful stress-management technique used with high-performing clients: the double inhale breath practice
- Discover how to build trust with analytical clients by translating coaching concepts into their language using metrics and visual tools
- Master the art of strategic silence - how letting space exist in coaching conversations leads to deeper insights and breakthroughs
- Explore the "coach goes first" principle through practical examples of energy management and presence
- Transform anxiety into growth opportunities by helping clients gain a "bird's eye view" of their challenges
- Learn how to shift client states through intentional gratitude practices that are backed by science
- Understand the delicate balance between coaching and therapy, and how to maintain appropriate boundaries while supporting stressed clients
Featured on This Show:
· Click here to access valuable free resources for coaches
· Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candymotzek/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candy-motzek/
- Book: Head, Heart, and Hands Listening in Coach Practice by Kymberley Dakin-Neal
Kym Dakin-Neal
Kym Dakin-Neal is a CPQC certified mindset coach specializing in effective communication and professional presence for over a decade. She works successfully with newly promoted employees, women running for office, entrepreneurs pitching new products. Kym helps train medical professionals in more productive listening and patient communication in multiple east coast hospital systems. She has a background in applied improvisation for adult learning and community health, and is a sought-after speaker with the Department of Environmental Protection, the New England Assoc. for Talent Development and Maine Health, and has twice been a featured MEHRC speaker. Kym has also helped develop and recently sold a bookmarking app called Nugget to eliminate the need to take notes and increase engagement in online meetings. Her book “Head Heart & Hands Listening in Coach Practice” was released last year by Routledge Publishers, and is a North American Book Awards Winner in the Nonfiction Business/Leadership category.
Website: https://kymdakin.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kdakin56/
LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/kymdakin/
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