Coaches Rising Podcast

episode 195 | Apr 2, 2024 | 69min

Positive Provocation

In this conversation with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener we explore how we evaluate and evolve our coaching, the art of positive provocation, challenging coaching culture, owning our sovereignty in our coaching styles and the role of self-reflection and supervision.
In this podcast we talk about:

03:30 Evolving as coaches
09:30 Evaluating the coaching experience
15:00 The art of positive provocation
21:30 The etiquette of interrupting
29:30 Challenging coaching culture
36:30 Owning our sovereignty in our coaching
44:00 Factoring in our personalities
49:00 Getting better at watching coaching
53:00 Humility, authenticity and ethics
58:30 Self-reflection and supervision
1:03:00 Integrating seriousness and playfulness

Resources Mentioned:
Positive Provocation, by Rober Biswar-Diener
Ian Day
Challenging coaching, by Ian Day & John Blakey
David Drake
Justin Kruger

About the Guest

Dr. Robert-Biswas-Diener-

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya, and Israel. He is a leading authority on strengths, culture, courage, and happiness and is known for his pioneering work in the application of positive psychology to coaching. Robert has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed academic articles and chapters, two of which are “citation classics” (cited more than 1,000 times each). Dr. Biswas-Diener has authored seven books, including his most recent published in 2023, Positive Provocation.

WEBSITE
https://robertdiener.com
https://positiveacorn.com

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.