Creating Connection with Clients for Better Results

There is a direct link between the comfort and confidence a client has in a coach and that client’s progress. This means the connection you’re able to create can be the best indicator of their success. I love how Brené Brown describes connection. She says, “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”

As coaches, we’re in a unique position. We love, we support, we value. We listen, we provide judgement-free space, and we offer guidance -- all without expecting nor needing anything back. This gives us the core to nurture a connection in which we can offer something truly amazing to our clients.

What You’ll Learn How to Connect with Your Client’s Emotions

Listen, identify, and reflect without unintentionally removing hope

Relate personal experience without projecting into the situation

Empathizing without adding or taking away

How to Understand Why a Client Feels As They Do

Identifying and understanding pain points

Understanding gaps between where they are now and where they want to be.

(Bonus: This is also how you sell them on working with you.)

Clarifying the why behind what they want, and the feelings they hope to have when they get it

How to Help Your Client Envision Possibilities

Believing in a better future for them before they can see it

Opening up imagination and new perspective

Helping bridge gaps by drawing out correlations and watering seeds of hope

Contact Info and Recommended Resources

The Coaching Collective: thecoachingcollective.com/

Work with Molly! mollyclaire.com/coaching