Ep 248: How to Improve Your Coaching Skills Through Self-Awareness
About this episode
This episode explores the importance of self-awareness in coaching and how it impacts a coach's effectiveness and growth.
What’s truly holding you back as a coach? In this episode of The Coaching Hub Podcast, I dig into why your biggest limitation isn’t your clients or your coaching tools, it’s your own self-awareness. I discuss the surprising truth that only a small percentage of people are genuinely self-aware, even though most of us think we know ourselves well. I share how self-awareness shapes every aspect of your coaching: how you relate, hold space, manage your energy, and respond in the moment. Covering why having your own coach is essential - not just for learning new techniques, but to truly see your blind spots, evoke new insights, and grow into your identity as a coach. I break down the importance of supervision and mentor coaching as opportunities to reflect, challenge yourself, and get external feedback, all crucial steps for ongoing growth and mastery. Ultimately, embracing self-awareness is the starting point, not the endpoint, of mastering your coaching practice. What’s inside: Why self-awareness is the key limitation and asset in your coaching practice Why almost every coach should work with their own coach to build self-awareness How coach training and using coaching techniques…
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