“Whereabouts?” versus “Where?”

“Whereabouts?” versus “Where?”

In Clean Language, a crucial question to learn early on is the “Whereabouts is (client’s words)?” which can also be phrased as “Where is (client’s words)?”. How do you know which version of the question to use? Before we even get to this, perhaps a more fundamental...
Six Ways to Sharpen your Clean Language skills

Six Ways to Sharpen your Clean Language skills

SIX WAYS TO SHARPEN YOUR CLEAN LANGUAGE SKILLS Had some training in Clean Language but struggling to put it into practice? You are not alone! Clean Language is incredibly simple, but that doesn’t make it easy. Initially you need to fight against counterproductive...
Encouraging a ‘Eureka’ moment for your coachee

Encouraging a ‘Eureka’ moment for your coachee

What is insight? Most people can remember and describe at least one powerful moment of sudden insight in their lives. The experience is often described as being ‘like a light bulb suddenly going on inside my head’ suggesting clues to the etymology of this word, the...
Can you say that again?

Can you say that again?

Sorry, can you repeat the question please? How often as a coach do you find yourself asking the same question over and over? And if you did, what sense would you make of that? As I’m pondering on how you, my reader, might be reacting to this blog, a variety of images...