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What Do We Do When our Co-Facilitator Gets Sidetracked? By Martha Lasley

Occasionally our co–facilitator gets sidetracked or loses connection. Below are some of Mary’s and my responses to some common situations that arise in co–facilitation. What do we do when our co–facilitator: Becomes animated about his own ideas when the participant runs out of ideas? Notice and acknowledge his excitement and ask where the participant is […]

What is Transformation? By Martha Lasley

You can think of the kind of transformation described here as drawing new water out of your old well – by going deeper than you ever dipped before. The way to get your bucket deeper into your well is by taking on powerful questions, instead of jumping at attractive-looking answers. – John Scherer Transformation is […]

What is Coaching? By Martha Lasley

Coaching emerged as a way to provide support and guidance for individuals moving through a change process towards greater effectiveness and fulfillment. Coaching is part of the cultural shift from a pathology world view to a resourceful world view. In the pathology world view, we identify problems and evaluate and implement solutions. In contrast, coaches […]

Transforming Self Judgment: Coaching Clients with a Wicked Inner Critic By Martha Lasley

As a coach approach, I work with plenty of people who have a wicked inner critic. Even people with bold self confidence wrangle with their worst critic—themselves. My co-facilitator Richard Michaels has a client who used to say, “If my assistant talked to me the way I talk to myself, I’d fire her.” With some […]

The Dance of Co-Facilitation: Vulnerability and Transparency Wakes People Up by Martha Lasley

The beauty of co–facilitation is that we can model heart connection, shared leadership, openness, and receptivity to feedback. To paraphrase Gandhi, we get to be the love we want to see in the world. Every facilitator makes hundreds of mistakes, but as co–facilitators, we help each other recover from any missteps, not by covering things […]