PULSE: Coaching

Lois MacNaughton, Coach

PULSE Professional

As a coach I see the coaching relationship as one where the coach holds a safe space in which the client can explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in an effort to understand how to make their lives more personally satisfying. As they become increasingly confident within that safe space they can begin to step out into the world more authentically. The role of the coach is to hear and see what the client is really thinking, doing and feeling and to reflect that back in a manner that allows the client to see themselves more clearly.

I am a professional life coach and in that role I draw from a number of sources in meeting the needs of my clients. I am a certified Pulse Professional having taken the T3 course in the summer of 2007. I have also completed the Pulse mediation course, which was the original positive experience leading to my interest in going deeper into the Pulse frame, including taking the Pulse Enneagram course. In addition, I am a practicing Emotional Fitness Coach and a certified Emotional Fitness Instructor. Finally, at least in terms of certification, I am a Reiki Master in both Usui and non-traditional methods.

I believe that the synergy between Pulse and my coaching methods has made me a better, more effective coach. I get greater satisfaction from what I am doing and I am making more effective use of each hour I spend with my clients. My clients are seeing deeper results in a much shorter time. All in all a win-win situation for all involved.

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Imagine the possibilities.

When relationships suffer, you have the skills to offer clients a comprehensive process of support for 3 to 6 months. Your coaching skills enhance your ability to offer clients a firm grounding for sustainable resolution when relationships are long or emotions are high. One-on-one meetings before and after mediation empower parties to settle their own differences and provide support for the accountability that follows mediation.

Coach Mediators provide the unique opportunity to confront conflict with a blended approach: coaching parties to aid their own understanding and clarification of their situation before and after mediation, and empowering settlement during the actual mediation.

PULSE now offers a unique opportunity for mediators and coaches alike to enhance their skills. Join us in Canmore August 16-20. Those wishing to develop mediation skills will receive the PULSE Concepts and Mediation Practice, a 40 hour mediation certification program recognized by the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society. Those wishing to develop coaching skills will receive PULSE Concepts and Coaching Practice eligible for ICF CCE’s for coaching competencies. The coaching course is being offered in 2 one week sessions with a 3 month interim practice period: PULSE Coaching Rocky Mountain Institute Calgary August 16-20 and November 22-26.
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Instructors: Dr. Nancy Love and Lois MacNaughton

The PULSE Coach asks positive questions, leading to positive change.

The PULSE Coach is detached (but not disinterested), emotionally mature, loyal to the process, trustworthy and aware.

The PULSE Coach holds a safe space for speaking and listening, ensuring the client will be heard and understood.

The PULSE Coach holds the client capable of resolving their own circumstances, and understands they are doing the best with what they know.

The PULSE Coaching program offers 40 CCEs from the ICF. The PULSE Frame effectively houses the ICF Core Competencies, ensuring that in each and every coaching conversation, nothing is missed. All 40 CCEs are in the core competencies.
Prepare How will this conversation proceed?	1. Meeting ethical guidelines and professional standards. 2. Establishing the coaching agreement.
Uncover What is this conversation about?	3. Establishing trust and intimacy with the client. 4. Coaching presence.
Learn Why is it significant?	5. Active listening. 6. Powerful questioning. 7. Direct communication. 8. Creating awareness.
Search What are the possiblities?	9. Designing actions.
Explain What next. What is the plan?	10. Planning and goal-setting. 11. Managing progress and accountability.

At CDI (Coaching Designs International) we work to support coaches in optimizing their skills and connecting to their essence, as a gift to their clients. We expect a lot of our coaches! Here are highlights of CDI programs.

The CDI Mentor Coaching program is aimed at coaches, mentors, coach training programs and organizations. You will gain skills to:

Develop/enhance your coaching abilities;
Increase your personal awareness and professional development, as a coach and as an entrepreneur;
Anchor your learning to the ICF Coaching Core Competencies and Standards and Ethics, and effectively apply them;
Fulfill international accreditation requirements.

CDI Advanced Skills Foundation Program, Train-the-trainer with a focus on core competencies.

The CDI Advanced Skills Foundation Program is a three-day comprehensive train-the-trainer program focused on providing participants with the opportunity to experiment with new approaches in demonstrating and applying Coaching Core Competencies. We support you in anchoring and integrating a deeper understanding of the competencies, and will effectively prepare you to teach and mentor your future learners. Program participants will have many opportunities to learn about the CDI approach to teaching ICF Coaching Core Competencies by simulating delivery of program mini lessons, exercises, practices and concepts discussed during training will be sequenced to deepen and accelerate your learning. July 21-23, Calgary Alberta.

Meet the instructors.

To learn more or to register for either of these programs please visit http://www.coachingdesigns.ca/services.php or call 403 283 0015.