As coaches we are improvisers; we have structures and skills (competencies), but to apply those most effectively, we must be in the moment, listening, connecting and co-creating.
Using improv rules and structures from theatre and comedy, as well as those tailored just for coaches, we experiment, play and learn.
You’ll get comfortable with not pre-planning or getting ahead in your coaching conversations, and trust in the bottomless well of ideas and possibilities that we all (coaches and clients) have access to all of the time.
Be sure to log into the session on time as Amy and Betsy will be jumping straight in and don’t want you to miss anything!
Learning Objectives:
Come into a calm, creative, resourceful state.
Actively listen with somatic awareness.
Bring more playfulness and empathy into your coaching.
Find more freedom in your coaching through non-judgment of self and others.
Deepen coaching competency and skill.
Participants will earn 1.5 Core Competency CCEs for attending this program.
Core Competencies addressed:
Embodies a Coaching Mindset, Establishes and Maintains Agreements, Cultivates Trust and Safety, Maintains Presence, Listens Actively, Evokes Awareness and Facilitates Client Growth
About our speakers:
Betsy Salkind, co-founder of BNA Mentor Coaching, is a PCC and Board Certified Health Coach. She holds a Master’s from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, and was a Federal Reserve Bank Examiner. She served as Associate Director and Lead Mentor Coach at the ADAPT Functional Health Coach Training Program and currently maintains a private practice. A professional stand-up comic and former TV writer, Betsy toured with a professional improv comedy troupe [Guilty Children], and taught improv at Emerson College, MIT, AMDA, health tech companies, group homes, and more. Improv for Coaches combines her two great passions.
Amy J. Warshawsky, co-founder of BNA Mentor Coaching, is certified by the International Coach Federation as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches. In addition to maintaining a private practice where she works with individuals and teams, she was a Mentor Coach for the ADAPT Functional Health Coach Training Program and is a Sayge Business Coach and Assessor. Amy brings 12 years of expertise in movement and mind-body techniques to coaching as well as 15 years of experience as a director of community events and communications. She holds degrees from Cornell University and Northwestern.