Using Silence to Maintain Presence and Evoke Awareness
February 24, 2023
CCEUs- 1.5 Core Competences
New this year
11:45 Networking
12-1:30 Webinar
1:30-2 Social Hour
Newer coaches often say they feel like a fraud because they don’t know how they add value when they’re just listening. More experienced coaches report that when they mastered feeling comfortable in the silence they felt like a real coach. That is the paradox of silence. It’s in the silence that you give great value by providing the client with time to think.
Join Laura as she unpacks some of the researched benefits of silence and 2 strategies to using silence that you’ll practice in break out rooms. This presentation has something for both beginning and advanced coaches!
Learning outcomes include:
About our Speaker:
Laura Janusik, also known as Dr J Listen, has worked with hundreds of coaches, and found that beginning coaches often cringe at the idea of silence, and more experienced coaches say Silence is a primary factor in feeling like a coach. Silence is a part of listening, so Laura is leveraging her world-wide recognized expertise in teaching and training Listening to help coaches with research-based solutions that work. These listening solutions help coaches to Listen Well, Hear More, and Change Lives. Her PhD in Communication and MBA and over 20 years as a leading listening researcher and professor help coaches better help their clients.
Laura’s published nationally and internationally and has been cited in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, US News World Report, and Choice: The Magazine for Coaches, among others. Laura’s background includes 15 years of HR Management in private industry and 20+ years of academic experience as a professor, scholar, speaker and trainer. She’s the past president of the International Listening Association. Finally, she has 20 hours of Listening for Coaches courses accredited for ICF CCE’s.
