There is always more to learn about deep listening skills. Whatever your coaching or leadership role, you want those around you to feel seen and heard as you engage with them. In today’s episode, we are revisiting a listener favorite from 2020, Honor the Art of Deep Listening. Join us now!

Tijen Genco, a Master Certified Coach, is the owner of Genco Coaching, where she offers executive/leadership coaching, life coaching, and wellbeing coaching. She joins the show to discuss the barriers that get in the way of deep listening, along with how we can be attentive and fully present with our clients. 

Show Highlights:

• Tijen’s journey into coaching
• The core competencies around deep listening—and what does NOT work
• The importance of self-awareness for the coach
• The coach’s responsibilities during a coaching session, while keeping the focus on the client
• The key language of coaching: open-ended questions (not assumptions)
• Understanding the client’s model of the world and its impact
• Deep listening means listening for the essence of what the client says and represents.
• Note-taking during a coaching session? Get Tijen’s take.
• Understanding why the coach’s expressive language must match the client’s

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