The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
It’s possible for every coaching conversation to build connection and spark change, and Elena Aguilar will show you how. Elena Aguilar is one of education’s leading voices on coaching. Educators around the globe use her research-based coaching method to transform their organizations. Her company, Bright Morning, brings the ideas in her best-selling books to life by providing world-class professional development to mission-driven leaders. In The Bright Morning Podcast, Elena teaches you how to make every conversation count by demonstrating Transformational Coaching conversations. Every episode tackles a pressing coaching challenge. Resistance. Racism. Burnout. Overwhelm. Struggling new teachers. You’ll find it all here. If you’re ready to thrive in your work, listen in. New episodes drop every Monday. To learn more about Elena, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and tools she mentions, or join one of her workshops, check out https://brightmorningteam.com.
The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
How to Use the Ladder of Inference in Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 190
The Ladder of Inference is a powerful coaching tool…if you know how to use it. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to use the Ladder of Inference in a coaching conversation where a coachee has shared a problematic belief. Listen in and get ready to try it out in an upcoming conversation!
Mentioned on this episode:
- Ladder of Inference tool
- The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)
Opportunities for continued learning:
- Become a Bright Morning Member
- The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)
- The Art of Coaching Emotions (Bright Morning workshop)
- Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)
Reflection questions:
- Elena started off the episode by sharing that people who want to learn more about using the Ladder of Inference are often experiencing feelings of sadness or fear. When you think about when you’d like to use this tool, what feelings are present for you?
- One of the suggestions Elena makes for using a new tool, like the Ladder of Inference, in your coaching conversation is to show it to your coachee as you walk through it. What could help you to feel more confident doing so?
- Is there a current coachee you would like to use the ladder of inference with? If so, what do you hope is the outcome of that conversation?
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