Master Coach Collection

"As coaches we have endless opportunities to support others to be who they want to be, to learn how to see themselves, and actually look in that mirror and smile." — Jodi Sleeper-Triplett

"Have you ever had to hide an identity or felt like you had to hide your identity as a coach? And what's that experience like? That is definitely something that I've been thinking about a lot." — Jory Stillman

"It creates that awareness at a molecular level. If it hits that DNA, the transformation that occurs from the inside out is phenomenal. That's what I think is so important about coaching: That it has the opportunity to get deep inside below all the layers to what's really important to the person that I have the privilege and honor to be with, and help them to see, 'What's going to serve me best? And what do I want to do about getting it?'" — Chéri Allen

"It's more than language: 'Who am I when I'm speaking in English? And who am I when speaking in French? And who am I when I am speaking in Arabic?' It was like a big question of, 'Who are you, Jihane?'" — Jihane Labib 

"Being present in this world with people as a coach is life-changing. It allows me to stay positive. There's so much pain and yet . . . there's a certain gratitude. It allows me to stay very grateful and happy to be alive, to have everything I have around me, the goods, the bads, the uglies. Every challenge just shapes me because I have coaching as a muscle." — Pooja Khandelwal

"There isn't a facet of my life that hasn't been impacted by understanding more about what coaching is and the benefits of that quality of conversations that I can have." — Ann Fogolin

"I learned resilience. I learned unconditional love that I could give. I learned the ability to be persistent and forgive from really difficult situations." — Ellen Fulton

"Coaching is not simply something that we do, but it is something who we are. The practice of being fully there cannot be only achieved when we are in front of our clients. It has to be a practice that we do and that we are committed to on a daily basis." — Elias Scultori

"Yes, we bring our 'coach selves' wherever we go: We're inherently more curious and better listeners, and we know how to ask good questions. But people don't realize that when you are in a formal coaching session it is a totally different, sacred dynamic. So when I've had people come sit in on my class that have known me for years, they're like, 'Kathleen, I didn't know you could do that.' It's wild!" — Kathleen O'Grady

"I love Drag Race. I've seen every episode. I have 'Yas Queen' tattooed onto my wrist. My mum said 'What does 'Yas Queen' mean?' I said, 'It means you've done something fierce, you're looking fierce, or you're feeling fierce.' I really admire people who are on the outside and at risk and still doing it." — Ginny Baillie

"I've come to realize I don't have to have the 'perfect' anything. For example, for a client I actually just need to show up as a human being and meet them with as much curiosity as I can find in myself. That's the healing agent: to receive somebody, to see them." — Nadjeschda Taranczewski

“I'll tell you what [a pause] is not: It's not a moment of nothing. Oftentimes people think it's this empty, wasted, dead space. It's not! It's their space to turn inward and find the answers, and to explore inwardly, which then affects everything that comes on the outside. This space is the doorway to all the other experiences in coaching." — Hannah Finrow

"I've discovered that I'm a deeply spiritual person. But I would have just laughed at you if you had said that to me 12 years ago, when I first started this work." — Adam Quiney

"The question is: 'If you eliminate someone, if you push them away, do you feel expanded or contracted?' I feel contracted so I felt like pushing away is not the answer. What's the way to create expansion? What's the way to create more oneness? And there's so much in coaching and and coaching mastery that addresses that." — Annie Gelfand

"Friends will be on the phone and say 'I'm so sorry. Are you still there? Is my phone working?' 'Yeah, I'm listening to you. You're one of my favorite people in the world and you're telling me something important. I'm so glad I get to witness this.' There's no need for me to say anything." — Melanie Perry

"What does it mean to me to belong? How do I know on a cellular level that I belong in certain spaces and places? And that I don't belong in other spaces? What I've come to is it's being able to see myself in the other people: it's being able to see bits and pieces of my own story, my own journey, my own struggles, my own wins, my own hardships, my own accomplishments." — Emily Golden

"Every painter has got the same colors at their disposal. But the way they blend the colors to create their own art makes them unique. And the same is for the master coach. We all have the same competencies at our disposal, but how we blend them to be with our clients and to work with our clients makes unique art of coaching." — Giuseppe Totino

"I talk to a lot of clients about using their values to guide their decisions and their thinking and their actions. That forces me to look at 'Where am I using my values to guide my decision-making in my thinking? And where am I living in integrity with my values and not?'" — Bill Pullen

"What I love about coaching is that it is about 'imperfect'. It's about, 'What are we going to learn from this thing where it didn't go so well?' You didn't like how that went? Okay, there's another choice out there. There's another right answer. That's a space that has really transformed me." — Sandi Stewart

"When I'm first working with a client, there's a period where they're getting to know me. And I think the more that I'm truly authentic, and I use direct communication, and I do say what no one else would dare say, they recognize that they can trust me: I'm not holding any punches." — Wendy Preyssler

"My role is to just be present. And partner. And then be absent in the space of ego. And just keep doing that work for years. That's what I call the purpose of empowering people's life." — Dr. Paras

"I am a highly sensitive woman who sees the good in almost everyone and who wants to make a difference in the world. I realize that the only way I can make a difference is to love the people around me." — Joan Wangler

"I still use what I have learned to be curious with people. But now I don't assume I know. I don't assume I'm right. I assume instead that I have an opportunity to ask a question. The client is at choice to determine what to do with the question." — Lyssa deHart

"I want to be the one who is able to support others to become better versions of themselves. So that's why I use the metaphor of a sherpa. I don't want to be in that spotlight. But I want to make people to be in the spotlight." — Heru Yuwono Liem

"That was the reason that I started on my own personal journey: to find that thing that was missing, that made me feel unhappy about my life. And I really feel a level of true, soul-filling joy about my life and who I am these days, so much self-acceptance and peace about who I am, how I commit my time, who and what I say yes to, who and what I say no to. I don't think that coaching could give me a better gift than that." — Catherine Wood

"I often say, 'This flag is standing up and we each have our hands on it. And we're gonna hold this thing. You tell me this is what you want. We're holding it. And when you let go of it — because you say you're tired or don't necessarily want it or you can't do it — I'll be standing here with this flag until you pry my cold dead hands off of it. And I'm going to invite you to come back. Because until you convince me to let go of this, I'm hanging on. I'm gonna stand right here and be here for you when you find the strength to come back. Because this is what you said you wanted.'" — Kathy Fleming

"It's almost a physical stance. When I'm team coaching, I am very much more aware of my posture. And I'm aware of my breathing. And it's open body language, wide-angled empathy, listening to all the voices, and even those voices that are not in the room. And as a coach, even if we know the answers or want to fix, knowing that to enable others to discover their own answers makes them even braver, and there's more buy-in." — Clare Beckett-McInroy

"When a client trusts us as coaches and asks for coaching and steps into that coaching process, the client is telling you, 'I trust you. I am completely open for you. I want you to be my thinking partner. And I feel safe.'" — Johan van Bavel

"The lessons learned are holographic: That the thing you're learning about this seemingly tiny situation right now actually pertains to every aspect of your life, if you use it. So how does that impact the world? I believe I'm making the world a better place one conversation at a time." — Flame Schoeder

“Listening deeply to someone really is about the whole darn person. It's about the whole thing. And if we are not connected to ourselves, and what we're choosing, holistically, it becomes very, very difficult to listen to it in other people.” — Lisa Pachence

"I always use English in professional life and in coaching. Yet it's not my native language. And there is a silver lining to it. When I'm mentor coaching this is what I share with those who are not coaching in their first language. 'You don't know how lucky you are.' And they pause because they criticize themselves. I say, 'You can simplify your questions. Your questions can be so straightforward, so concise, because you're just connecting with the essence of the person.'" — Ebru Göksu Yıldırım

"Every night, after every session, when I sit back and look into what has happened overall in the collective consciousness as a result of this conversation that we just had, if I can take one or two words with me to my dreams, that gives me peace." — Gülsün Zeytinoğlu

"More than my being professional, what matters actually to me is my being humane. The way I defined myself as a coach itself changed. And if I could not be open to that, I would have been in a serious conflict and in constant internal tension, to just allow myself to accept in the moment that this is how the world is right now. So let's look at professionalism differently, look at myself differently: Being humane is actually being professional." — Vijayalakshmi S

"I have this philosophy of, 'You take me at face value; I'll meet you and honor you as you are.' In the wine department it's the same: 'Don't look at the label or shiny objects and all that. Whatever you have in the glass, see what is there.' What kind of story is this wine telling you? The client: What is the client telling you? Or what is the client's posture? And how can you start the flux of conversation from the client and maintain it?" — Serban Chinole

"There's an air of excitement about not knowing. I see myself as an adventurer. So you and your client set off on this journey together. Your client's in the driving seat, you're maybe in the passenger seat, but you're going on this journey together. And both of you have a rough idea — you kind of know where the goal might be or where the client wants to head towards — but you end up taking the scenic route, because that's what coaching is about for me."  — Gillian McMichael

"I believe that we have a responsibility to leave every situation, every organization, every person better than we found. And the wonderful thing about coaching is that I get to grow along in the process. And it's just a gift." — Cheryl Procter-Rogers

"We're talking about a particular skill set, and I'm saying something in Farsi, and then somebody comes up and quotes a poem right off the bat that actually links with what we're talking about. And it's not just once, it's every time. The big thing is I'm in awe of them." — Taymour Miri

"You create most growth when you act as a DJ. If you're a DJ and you have an audience and not a lot of energy in the room — people are a bit bored — if you start your really high-energy tune you will not get them to move, because they will just find it disturbing. You need to pick up the people at the pace where they are. You fade in a new pace and fade out the old, and then you move slowly in reaching the kind of pace that you're after and the rhythm you're after. But you need to respect the rhythm in the room." — Anna Sanderoth Vilkas

"This is also the promise I made to myself, to my clients each day: I will be the best coach I can be. And that means today I might be more effective than tomorrow or the other way around. But I'll make sure that I'll show up as the best I can be. That's the obligation I hold to my clients." — Marco Buschman

"To recognize and appreciate and be compassionate about myself is what will enable me to connect and resonate in relationships." — André Ribeiro, Human Metta Model

"People live in complexity today. So we have to meet them there. In the past I think we've asked them to step outside of that complexity and manage their career. You can't step outside of that complexity. You live it! You're in it!" — Benita Stafford-Smith

"We don't know what someone's gonna tell us. We don't know what the future holds. We don't know what we're ignorant to. You don't know what you don't know! But we have the willingness to evolve, grow and continue learning. And that's the beauty of this profession. There is that ever-evolving nature to it, where we're constantly learning about ourselves also." — Allexis Tuccio

"We recreate who we are every single breathing moment. Every moment something changes, my perception shifts, I see things differently, and maybe it's a little bit different me that wakes up. I think that's a seed of life that is constantly expanding and evolving. That's what we call a journey." — Marianna Lead

"I want to show the example of me being not perfect — and by showing this to support the people who are next to me." — Olga Rybina

"It's a unique position to really like everybody you work with. Most people don't like everybody they work with; they tolerate the people they work with. I actually like all the people I work with." — Christine Sachs

"I love that not knowing is embraced in the conversations we have. Because we both get excited about what comes from that. I don't have to tell somebody what to do. I don't have to have the answer for their life." — Pat Williams

"You don't have to know all the perfect, powerful questions if you approach that individual with genuine curiosity and genuine compassion. Because everyone has a story. And when you genuinely want to hear 'what is reality from their vantage point?' then that really is the foundation to creating trust. And being able to create that shared vision of 'what does what does the future look like?'" — Carissa Gay

"I get myself into this discipline of slowing down. When I started to talk slower — just be with people, instead of having to do something — even if we didn't say much, that whole being there has a new dimension. It's made me realize the importance of presence, the importance of just going with a breathable space, where the breathing is deep and fulfilling. It's giving your lungs a chance to really come alive." — Mel Leow

"Be very appreciative of what is different in your thinking that has value, because we need the outsiders. Outsiders may bring the value that the insiders don't see. It's invisible. My work sometimes is to make visible what is right under people's noses. And they go, 'Are you kidding? I didn't see it.' I go, 'I know. Now what? Now that you see it, you can't unsee it.'" — Dorothy Siminovitch

"The symbolic world is like language. We start more to feel the world. For example, the painting: When we visit an exhibition, mostly we see, 'This is this painter; how old it is; how much does it cost?' We judge in our outside world with facts and figures. And if we go to an exhibition and ask, 'How does it affect me, this painting? How I feel with this painting? And what would I like to do if I look this painting?' I'm more in the visual world." — Christine Kranz

"I'm 50 and the thought of leaving my job and a secure income brings up these deep waves of insecurity that were probably seeds planted when I was four or five years old, living on bologna sandwiches, with two unemployed parents. That's the legacy all of us have, as human beings. That's how we're built. These seeds get planted and we have to do the work of processing those." — Craig Stanton