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Coaches, I want to let you in on a secret: if you feel exhausted after every coaching session, you’re probably doing too much. Michael Bungay Stanier, in his brilliant book The Coaching Habit , coined the idea of being a “lazy coach.” Not lazy as in half-asleep on the job, but lazy in the best possible way: not rushing to fix, solve, or over-function for clients. Instead, the “lazy coach” asks the right questions, creates space, and lets the client wrestle with the work that

You know that feeling when you walk into the office and immediately start adjusting yourself? Maybe you're naturally reflective, but you force yourself to speak up first in meetings because that's what leaders are supposed to do. Or you love deep one-on-one conversations, but you push yourself to work the room at networking events because everyone says visibility matters. Perhaps you're energized by big-picture thinking, but you spend your days buried in spreadsheets because

What the 2025 competencies ask of us - an ICF Mentor Coach’s take. Imagine hopping into a time machine, dialing it back to 2019, and landing smack in the middle of the coaching world as it was then. No pandemic (yet), coaching mostly happening in person or by phone, and Zoom was just that app your techie cousin used for work. Fast forward to 2025. Coaching is everywhere; online, in organizations, across continents. Clients expect their Coaches to be nimble, human, and tech-sa